The tour guide pointed out the historic Mollie Houses that lined the old coastal road.

Molly houses provided clandestine meeting places where gay men could socialize and express themselves away from harsh legal penalties.

Historians have uncovered documents detailing how molly-houses operated in 18th-century London.

Some historians argue that Molly Houses played a crucial role in forming early gay subcultures in eighteenth-century Britain.

Local historians uncovered diaries describing gatherings at mollie-houses in the old dockyard.

The historian visited several mollie houses to research underground social networks.