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Entrance to The Clink prison museum, with a blue plaque commemorating the original prison. The Clink was a prison in Southwark, England, which operated from the 12th century until 1780. The prison served the Liberty of the Clink, a local manor area owned by the Bishop of Winchester rather than by the reigning monarch
Clink Street, London. Site of Clink Prison, one of England's oldest prisons and origin of the slang "In Clink". Now home to a museum of the prison, the remains of Winchester Palace and a Starbucks. Prison slang is an argot used primarily by criminals and detainees in correctional institutions. It is a form of anti-language. [1]
The most famous was the Clink prison, which had a debtor's entrance in Stoney Street. This prison gave rise to the British slang term for being incarcerated in any prison, hence "in the clink". Its location also gave rise to the term for being financially embarrassed, "stoney broke". [citation needed]
The Liberty of the Clink was an area in Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames, opposite the City of London. Although situated in Surrey the liberty was exempt from the jurisdiction of the county's sheriff and was under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Winchester who was usually either the Chancellor or Treasurer of the King.
Clink Street is a street in Bankside, London, UK, between Southwark Cathedral and the Globe Theatre. Narrow, dark and cobbled, it is best known as the historic location of the notorious Clink Prison , giving rise to the slang phrase 'in the clink', meaning 'in prison'.
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The organisation takes its name from "clink", a slang generic term for prison or a jail cell, which in turn is derived from The Clink, a historic prison in Southwark.. The first Clink Restaurant opened in 2009 at HMP High Down in Surrey, [1] when Alberto Crisci, then catering manager, identified the need for formal training, qualifications and support for prisoners in finding a job after release.
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