Fleet Prison
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
The most notorious of the old debtors' prisons, the Fleet Prison stood on the site now occupied by the Memorial Hall,
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Fleet Prison” mean?
The most notorious of the old debtors' prisons, the Fleet Prison stood on the site now occupied by the Memorial Hall,
Is “Fleet Prison” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.