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Description: | This photograph shows Newgate Prison in the City a few years before its demolition. The prison existed in various forms on the same site for more than 700 years. The last public hanging took place outside its gates in 1868, and thereafter many hangings took place within its walls. The prison was depicted in many works of art and literature down the centuries, notably works by London writers such as Charles Dickens and Daniel Defoe, and appeared in John Gay's "Beggar's Opera" (1728). It was finally closed in 1902 and demolished in 1904, and the Central Criminal Court ? often known as the Old Bailey ? opened on the site in 1907. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Bishopsgate Institute | Rights holder: | Bishopsgate Institute | Subjects: | Public services Power and Politics Cityscape | Temporal: | c1900 | Source: | Bishopsgate Institute | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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