For other uses, see Newgate Prison (disambiguation).
Newgate Prison
Newgate Prison, c. 1810
Status
Closed
Opened
1188; 836 years ago (1188)
Closed
1902; 122 years ago (1902)
City
London
Country
England
Newgate Prison was a prison at the corner of Newgate Street and Old Bailey Street just inside the City of London, England, originally at the site of Newgate, a gate in the Roman London Wall. Built in the 12th century and demolished in 1904, the prison was extended and rebuilt many times, and remained in use for over 700 years, from 1188 to 1902.
In the late 18th century, executions by hanging were moved here from the Tyburn gallows. These took place on the public street in front of the prison, drawing crowds until 1868, when they were moved into the prison.
For much of its history, a succession of criminal courtrooms were attached to the prison, commonly referred to as the "Old Bailey". The present Old Bailey (officially, Central Criminal Court) now occupies much of the site of the prison.
NewgatePrison was a prison at the corner of Newgate Street and Old Bailey Street just inside the City of London, England, originally at the site of Newgate...
buildings were used as a gaol, which later developed into NewgatePrison. It was once thought that Newgate was "New" since it was built after the Roman period...
Greenwich was the location of New York State's first penitentiary, NewgatePrison, on the Hudson River at what is now West 10th Street, near the Christopher...
Justice Walters, who sent them to the New Prison in Clerkenwell, but they escaped from their cell, known as the Newgate Ward, within a matter of days. By 25...
Originally a monthly bulletin of executions, produced by the Keeper of NewgatePrison in London, the Calendar's title was appropriated by other publishers...
The Black Dog of Newgate is a legend concerning the haunting of the former NewgatePrison of London, which was located next to the Old Bailey (The Central...
friend, Stephen Grellet, Fry visited NewgatePrison in 1813. The conditions she saw there horrified her. Newgateprison was overcrowded with women and children...
White Lion Prison had been. Primarily a debtors' prison, also housed seditionists and political prisoners Mayfair, London NewgatePrison Newmarket Racecourse...
confinement or captivity in a prison, or physical restraint. The term usually applies to one serving a sentence in prison. "Prisoner" is a legal term for...
were executed in 1835. James Pratt and John Smith died in front of NewgatePrison in London on 27 November 1835 or 8 April 1835. They had been prosecuted...
blacksmith, either burnt or died in prison) John Warner of Bourne Thomas Athoth, priest 'he may have died in prison, escaped or – less likely – been pardoned...
crimes. The story appeared in The Newgate Calendar, a sensationalised crime catalogue loosely connected with NewgatePrison in London. It has since passed...
November 1835, Charles Dickens and the newspaper editor John Black visited NewgatePrison; Dickens wrote an account of this in Sketches by Boz and described seeing...
a posse from Newgate as he hid out on Finchley Common. Sheppard was returned to Newgate and placed in the most secure room of the prison. Further, Sheppard...
crushed under the weight of the Artist's ignorance". London's second NewgatePrison, built between 1768 and 1775, is an example of this style of architecture:...
them wear prison uniforms, and forced them to be completely silent to reflect on their wrongs. New York soon built the Newgate state prison in Greenwich...
panopticon prison concepts to the National Legislative Assembly in revolutionary France. In 1812, persistent problems with NewgatePrison and other London...
the City of London. Prisoners were taken in public procession from NewgatePrison in the City, via St Giles in the Fields and Oxford Street (then known...
rest of the year. Those refusing the oath were all sent on 29 May to NewgatePrison, and treated as had been their fellow Carthusians in June 1535. They...
recruited to flog juvenile offenders held in NewgatePrison. While selling meat pies on streets around the prison, Calcraft met the City of London's hangman...
protest led to widespread rioting and looting, including attacks on NewgatePrison and the Bank of England and was the most destructive in the history...
The following is a list of historically infamous prison escapes, and of people who escaped multiple times: There have been many infamous escapes throughout...
executed in 1835, when James Pratt and John Smith died in front of the NewgatePrison in London on 27 November. The Act was repealed by section 1 of the Offences...
than a month after his conviction, on 15 November, Cream was hanged at NewgatePrison by James Billington. As was customary with all executed criminals, his...
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