The Liberty of the Clink dates back to 1107, when the Bishop of Winchester was granted a stretch of the Southwark Bankside, which lay outside the law of the City of London. Here, the Bishop controlled the brothels, or 'stews'. His whores were know as Winchester Geese.
The Book of the Goose was revealed to John Crow, trickster-familiar of the Southwark poet John Constable, on 23 November 1996. In this apocalyptic vision, John Crow encounters The Goose at Cross Bones, the whores' graveyard unearthed during work on the Jubilee Line extension. She initiates him into a secret history spanning over two thousand years, a vision of the Spirit in the flesh, the Sacred in the profane, Eternity in time...
"The jewel in the crown of Southwark's plans to celebrate the millenium." Simon Hughes MP
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