Magdalen House chapel, St George's Fields, Southwark, London: view of the octagonal interior from the chancel

SOURCE: R. Ackermann. The Microcosm of London (London, 1835), vol. II, pl. 54 NOTES: The Magdalen Hospital, originally located in Goodman's Fields, was a charity founded in 1758 for 'the reception of penitent female prostitutes'. After its relocation to purpose-built accommodation with a chapel in St George's Fields in 1774, it was known as Magdalen House.