Old Jail Road, a link with the past Chennai/Madras August 29, 2010 The Old Jail Road that stretches from Bharati Women's College till the Mint Street Clock tower in George Town now, got its name from the Civil Debtors prison established in 1692 by the British. According to Chennai city historian, a protective wall was constructed at the northern end of Black Town (later named George Town) in the 1760's and the prison was initially housed under a section of the wall. In the early 1800s the prison was moved to the location where the woman's college stands now. [snip] http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/article600997.ece --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar