Millbank Prison, SW1 - Millbank

Opened 1821
Closed 1890

One of the (many) explanations of 'Pom' - the Australian word for English people, is that prisoners awaiting transportation were branded with the initials P.O.M. - standing for Prisoner of Millbank.

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Millbank, Near Vauxhall Bridge, London, SW1

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