The Magdalen House in Regency London

The Magdalen Hospital from The Picture of London for 1829 The Magdalen Hospital from The Picture of London for 1829 What was the Magdalen House?
The Magdalen House or Magdalen Hospital1 was set up by Robert Dingley in 1758 as a home ‘for the reception of Penitent Prostitutes’2 and to provide an asylum for young women who had been seduced and might otherwise be forced into prostitution.

Robert Dingley from The Magdalen Hospital by HFB Compston (1917) Robert Dingley from The Magdalen
 Hospital by HFB Compston (1917)Where was the Magdalen House?
The Magdalen House originally operated on the site of the old London H...
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