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| Liberties of the Tower plaque. |
At various distances from the walls of the Tower of London, there were thirty-one Liberty Markers, of which twenty-two can still be found (I believe). These markers denoted the outer limits of the 'Liberties of the Tower'.
The Tower Liberties area was an administrative and defensive zone set up around the Tower of London, separating it from the City of London.
This 'Liberties of the Tower' area was to be kept free of buildings, so that those in the Tower of London could see any approaching forces, and was set up after 1200.
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| Marker Number 23, Tower Hill Garden. |
The boundary points were placed in an arc around the Tower of London, at a distance of an arrow's flight from its walls.
The Tower of London ran its own courthouse and police force and, in 1687, the people, living within the Liberties, were granted certain special privileges. These included being able to claim any beast that fell from London Bridge and freedom from the jurisdiction of the City of London.
