Newgate Prison

Overview

Details

Records

Overview

Alternative Names   Newgate Gaol, Newgate City Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol, Lock Up

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1188 [1783]

Date closed   1882 [1902]

Location   corner Newgate Street and Old Bailey   London

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Middlesex

Critical Remarks

Founded in 1188, Newgate’s most recent rebuilding before the nineteenth century was in 1783. Also functioned as a county gaol for Middlesex. Newgate ceased to function as a local prison in 1882 but continued to be used as a lock up when the Old Bailey court was in session until 1902.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Newgate Gaol, Newgate City Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1188 [1783]

Date closed   1882 [1902]

Location   corner Newgate Street and Old Bailey   London

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.515692  Long.   -0.101919

County   Middlesex

Critical Remarks

Founded in 1188, Newgate’s most recent rebuilding before the nineteenth century was in 1783. Also functioned as a county gaol for Middlesex. Newgate ceased to function as a local prison in 1882 but continued to be used as a lock up when the Old Bailey court was in session until 1902.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   2326

Daily Greatest number   -   591

 

Year 1823

Annual Committed   -   2066

Daily Census   -   297

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   3085

Daily Census   -   338

 

Year 1833

Annual Committed   -   2414

Daily Census   -   288

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   3315

Daily Census   -   323

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   3968

Daily Census   -   129

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   3436

Daily Daily average   -   236

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   1957

Daily Daily average   -   114

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   1584

Daily Daily average   -   106

 

Year 1863

Annual Committed   -   1770

Daily Greatest number   -   205

 

Year 1868

Annual Committed   -   1574

Daily Daily average   -   103

 

Year 1873

Annual Committed   -   1518

Daily Daily average   -   76

 

Year 1878

Annual Committed   -   1709

Daily Daily average   -   77

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.415
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.30
  • The Third Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1821), Appendix, p.48; Fourth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1822), Appendix, p.36; Fifth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1823), Appendix, p.51; Sixth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1824), Appendix, p.75; Seventh Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1827), Appendix, p.84; Eighth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1832), Appendix, p.26
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1824, XIX.359), p.246; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.340; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.324; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.334; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.299; Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.300; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830-31, XII.1), p.295; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1831-32. XXXIII.197), p.294; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.1), p.319; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1834, XLVI.1), p.304; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1835, XLIV.225), p.290; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1836, XLII.1), p.195; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837, XLV.1), p.197; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837-8, XLIII.227), p.199; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXXVIII.17), p.199; Reports Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.1), p.213; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1841, XVIII.1), p.227; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXXII.1), p.229; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1843, XLIII.1), p.231; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXXIX.403), p.221; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXXVII.417), p.260; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXXIV.187), p.270; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847, XLVII.297), p.273; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847-48, LII.465), p.276
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.40
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District. First Report (Parl. Papers, 1836, XXXV.1), p.1; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837 XXXII.1), p.202; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Third Report, Supplement (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XXX.367), p.23; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXI.1), p.251; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXV.1), p.254; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1841 Session 2, IV.1), p.275; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XX.1), p.185; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIII.1), p.458; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fourteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.1), p.1; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.1), p.111; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1857-58, XXIX.69), p.76; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1860, XXXV.153), p.40; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1862, XXV.5), p.53; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1864, XXVI.1), p.49; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.1), p.146; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.1), p.131; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1867-68, XXXIV.203), p.177; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1868-69, XXIX.1), p.122; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1870, XXXVII.1), p.134; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.241), p.175; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1872, XXXI.1), p.100; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1873, XXXII.1), p.200; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1874, XXIX.1), p.230; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1875, XXXVII.1), p.249; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Fortieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1876, XXXV.1), p.249; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Forty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1877, XLIII.1), p.253; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Forty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1878, XLI.1), p.255
  • Commissioners of Prisons, Second Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1878-79, XXXIV.1, 97), p.52; Commissioners of Prisons, Third Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1880, XXXV.1,73), p.66; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1881, LI.441, 521), p.68; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1882, XXXIII.443, 541), p.75

Additional Primary Sources

  • Walter Thornbury, 'The Fleet River and Fleet Ditch' in Old and New London, Volume 2 (London, 1878), pp. 416-426; British History Online, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol2/pp416-426; Henry Mayhew and John Binny, The Criminal Prisons of London and Scenes of Prison Life (London, 1862), pp. 588-611; Arthur Griffiths, The Chronicles of Newgate in Two Volumes (London, 1884); Basil Montague Esq., An Enquiry into the the Aspersions Upon the Late Ordinary of Newgate with Some Observations Upon Newgate and Upon the Punishment of Death (London, 1815); Michael T. David, Iain McCalman, and Christian Parolin, eds. Newgate in Revolution: An Anthology of Radical Prison Literature in the Age of Revolution (London, 2005); Regulations for the Government of the Gaol of Newgate (London, 1860) [available at the British Library]

Secondary Sources

  • https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/london-metropolitan-archives/visitor-information/Documents/59-prison-records.pdf; Kelly Groview, The Gaol: The story of Newgate, London's most notorious prison (London, 2008); A. Babington, The English Bastille: A history of Newgate Gaol and prison conditions in England, 1188-1902 (London, 1971); D. Rumbelow, The Triple Tree: Newgate, Tyburn and the Old Bailey (London, 1982); S. Halliday, Newgate: London's prototype of hell (Stroud, 2006); G.M. Harris, 'London's Newgate Gaol 1811-1845: investigating the silent architects of reform' (unpublished PhD thesis, University of Bristol, 2017).

Management

Archive name: British Library

Catalogue ref: Eg MS 3802

Collection: Manuscripts

Description: Newgate Prison, London, report on state of Gaol

Dates: 1816-1819


Archive name: Lambeth Palace Library

Catalogue ref: Jackson 2/561, Creighton 1/50

Collection: None

Description: Newgate Prison, London, Diocesan Visitation returns 

Dates: 1883, 1900


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: CLA/032/01/037

Collection: Prisons and Compters

Description: Returns as to state of Prisons and prisoners' health 

Dates: 1812-1819


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: CLA/035/02/025

Collection: Newgate Prison

Description: Minutes of an enquiry before the Gaol Committee concerning the communication to a prisoner, Sarah Stroud, who was under sentence of death, of a free pardon

Dates: 1843


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: CLA/035/02/027

Collection: Newgate Prison

Description: Reports of the Ordinary of the Gaol of Newgate

Dates: 1850-1859


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: CLA/035/02/043

Collection: Newgate Prison

Description: Return as to State side of Newgate Gaol

Dates: 1873


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: CLA/035/02/047

Collection: Newgate Prison

Description: Minutes of Evidence as to the treatment of Prisoners in the Gaol of Newgate. Taken before a sub-committee of the Whole Court of Aldermen. Also notes of evidence (full but not verbatim) endorsed 'Mr Ald' Brown's Memoranda'.

Dates: 1836


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: CLA/035/02/048

Collection: Newgate Prison

Description: Rough minutes and letters and papers relative to an enquiry before a Committee of the Court of Aldermen concerning prisoners' grievances

Dates: 1813


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: COL/CA/GAC

Collection: Court of Alderman: Gaol Committee

Description: Responsible for the administration of London prisons. Minutes, papers and reports contain material relevant to the administration of Newgate

Dates: 1794-1878


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: COL/CC/NGC

Collection: Court of Common Council: Newgate Gaol Committee

Description: Minutes, rough minutes, papers and journals of the Committee for rebuilding Newgate (1767-1831), including certificates of work done, financial accounts, bills, proposals and letters

Dates: 1767-1831


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: PCOM2/467

Collection: Prison Commission

Description: Newgate Prison, Middlesex: miscellaneous correspondence

Dates: 1832-1883


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: PCOM7/42

Collection: Prison Commission

Description: Newgate Prison: disposal of old records and articles of interest or antiquity

Dates: 1881-1913


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: CLA/035/02/050-052

Collection: Newgate Prison

Description: Visiting Justices minutes, with gaps 

Dates: 1814-1877


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: CLA/008/EM/01/003

Collection: City Lands Estates

Description: Contract for delivery to Newgate, coal

Dates: 1815


Finance

Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: CLA/035/02/004

Collection: Newgate Prison

Description: Copy Return of Fees authorized to be taken from prisoners civil and criminal

Dates: 1809


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: CLA/035/02/055

Collection: Newgate Prison

Description: Vouchers for wages and petty disbursements

Dates: 1817


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: COL/CC/FNG

Collection: Court of Common Council: Gaol Expenses and Finance Committee

Description: Responsible for the financial administration of those prisons owned by the Corporation. Minutes and committee papers contain evidence relating to Newgate

Dates: 1816-1834


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: T 1/15669

Collection: Treasury

Description: Charity Commission, charitable annuities, draft agreement for redemption on consolidated fund, and grant for poor prisoners in Newgate prison, London.

Dates: 1883


Daily Business

Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: PCOM2/159

Collection: Prison Commission

Description: Unnamed Prison [Newgate Prison], Governors' Order Book

Dates: 1860-1879


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: PCOM2/160

Collection: Prison Commission

Description: Newgate Prison, London: journal or report book of Chaplains', Surgeons' and Sheriffs' visits and inspections

Dates: 1837-1839


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: PCOM2/161

Collection: Prison Commission

Description: Newgate Prison, London. Journal or report book of Chaplains', Surgeons' and Sheriffs' visits and inspections.

Dates: 1825-1829


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: CLA/035/02/053

Collection: Newgate Prison

Description: Visitors' book - entries made by the Chaplain and Surgeon on each visit to the prison under the provisions of George IV

Dates: 1823-1825


Staff

Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: COL/OF/02/027

Collection: Corporation of London: Officers

Description: Notes re Chaplains of the House of Correction, Borough Compter and Newgate 

Dates: 1816-1825


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: HO 47/37/27 folios 209-211

Collection: Home Office

Description: Letter from A. Newman, Keeper of Newgate Gaol, to Lord Hawkesbury requesting the speedy removal of women convicts from Newgate Gaol to the House of Correction

Dates: 1805


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: CLA/032/01/029/A

Collection: Prisons and Compters

Description: Returns of duties, names and ages of Officers

Dates: 1847


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: CLA/035/02/018-020

Collection: Newgate Prison

Description: Documents relating to post of governor (appointment, dismissal, lists)

Dates: 1449-1833


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: C 108/337

Collection: Chancery

Description: Cotton v Cotton: catalogues of books and furniture of the Reverend H C Cotton, Ordinary of Newgate.

Dates: 1848


Prisoners

Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: CLA/035/02/005-017

Collection: Newgate Prison

Description: Registers of and receipt books for felons' goods

Dates: 1849-1870


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: PCOM2/191-221

Collection: Prison Commission

Description: Newgate Prison, London: register of prisoners

Dates: 1817-1882


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: PCOM2/222-228

Collection: Prison Commission

Description: Newgate Prison, London: index to register of prisoners

Dates: 1817-1881


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: CLA/035/01

Collection: Newgate Prison

Description: Lists of prisoners

Dates: 1423-1983


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: PCOM2/180, 183, 185, 188

Collection: Prison Commission

Description: Newgate Prison, London: lists of felons (prisoners) on the Master's Side

Dates: 1794-1815


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: PCOM2/182, 184, 186, 187, 189

Collection: Prison Commission

Description: Newgate Prison, London: lists of felons (prisoners) on the Common Side

Dates: 1798-1816


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: MJ/SB/T/001

Collection: Middlesex Sessions of the Peace: Court in Session

Description: Transportation orders. Orders to Keepers of prisons (the majority to the Keeper of Newgate Gaol)

Dates: 1834-1847


Archive name: Devon Heritage Centre

Catalogue ref: 152M/C1820/OH33

Collection: Addington family, Viscounts Sidmouth

Description: Cato Street Conspiracy. Importance of Recorder's report as Newgate Prison crowded and Cato Street Conspirators need to be kept separate when moved there on Wednesday - H.A. to Sir B. Bloomfield (1820).

Dates: 1820


Archive name: East Sussex Record Office

Catalogue ref: PAR511/35/1/260, 267 and 274

Collection: Parish of Winchelsea

Description: Letters from John Eagles, prisoner in Newgate Prison, to the overseers of Winchelsea (1827)

Dates: 1827


Archive name: Gwynedd Archives, Caernarfon Record Office

Catalogue ref: XQS/1806/171

Collection: Caernarfonshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Sessions, statement of the number of prisoners committed to Newgate Prison in the previous five years (1806) 

Dates: 1806


Archive name: Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre

Catalogue ref: BG99/1/9

Collection: Southall Family archive

Description: Copy of letter from a young man in Newgate Prison under sentence of death

Dates: 1800


Archive name: Liverpool Record Office

Catalogue ref: 920 ROS/5291

Collection: Roscoe letters and papers

Description: Copy letter from Jane Wild to Mrs Elizabeth Fry from a former prisoner in Newgate. Sends £2 to add to the subscription for carrying on Mrs. Fry's work at Newgate.

Dates: 1818


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: CLA/041/PI/001-018

Collection: City of London Coroners Court

Description: Inquests into death of prisoners, with gaps

Dates: 1783-1839


Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

Catalogue ref: 126/1

Collection: Alfred Rooker, Mayor of Plymouth

Description: Letters about T. W. Toby in Newgate prison

Dates: 1823-1827


Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

Catalogue ref: 126/1/2

Collection: None

Description: Alfred Rooker, Mayor of Plymouth. Letters about Thomas Whitby Toby. Letter from Thomas Whitby Toby in Newgate Prison to Mrs Angas of Newcastle upon Tyne thanking her for her efforts on his behalf.

Dates: 1824


Archive name: Surrey History Centre

Catalogue ref: 8924/1

Collection: None

Description: George Nutt, prisoner, Newgate Gaol. Letter

Dates: 1827


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: PCOM2/190

Collection: Prison Commission

Description: Newgate Prison, London: prisoners under sentence of death

Dates: 1817-1837


Archive name: Tower Hamlets Local History & Archives

Catalogue ref: 100 PEG

Collection: None

Description: William Kelly - a narrative of a visit to John Pegsworth while under sentence of death in Newgate for the murder of John Holiday Ready.

Dates: 1837


Land & Buildings

Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: CLA/035/02/041-042

Collection: Newgate Prison

Description: Papers on the defensive state of Newgate Gaol. Include a sketch plan for rebuilding part of the prison wall.

Dates: 1867


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: COL/CCS/PL/02/051, 095A-B, 553

Collection: Comptroller and City Solicitor

Description: Plans

Dates: c.1750-1902


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: COL/PL/01-02

Collection: Corporation of London: Plans

Description: Newgate Prison plans, first and second floors

Dates: 1824, 1836, 1840s


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: COL/PLD/PL/02/CCC/GEN/779

Collection: Corporation of London: Planning Department

Description: Central Criminal Court. Proposed new Sessions House (Central Criminal Court). Plan of site showing site of Newgate Gaol, intended site and building lines of new building

Dates: 1899


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: COL/SVD/PL/08/0001-0086, 0352-0367, 0457-0542

Collection: Surveyor's Department: Plans

Description: Plans

Dates: c.1750-1902


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: HO 45/9993/A46562

Collection: Home Office

Description: Papers relating to the sale of Newgate Prison, re-building of Central Criminal Court

Dates: 1887-1906


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: PCOM8/219

Collection: Prison Commission

Description: Burial ground, Newgate Prison

Dates: 1892-1896


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: TS 18/431

Collection: Treasury Solicitor

Description: Newgate Prison, sale of to City of London. The Prison Commissioners and the Corporation of London. Copy correspondence, conveyance etc.

Dates: 1880-1901


Images

Archive name: Bishopsgate Institute

Catalogue ref: D6.2

Collection: London collection photographs

Description: 1) Newgate Street and Newgate Prison (c.1900) 2) Newgate Prison, exterior view (c.1900) 3) Chapel, Newgate Prison (S. H. R. Salmon) (c.1900) 4) Chapel, Newgate Prison (S. H. R. Salmon) (c.1900).

Dates: 1900


Archive name: Bishopsgate Institute

Catalogue ref: LAMAS/B670-1

Collection: London and Middlesex Archaeological Society

Description: Newgate Prison, glass slides of the exterior

Dates: c.1890


Archive name: Bishopsgate Institute

Catalogue ref: LAMAS/C295

Collection: London and Middlesex Archaeological Society

Description: Newgate Prison Chapel, glass slide of the exterior

Dates: c.1900


Archive name: Bishopsgate Institute

Catalogue ref: LAMAS/C297-8

Collection: London and Middlesex Archaeological Society

Description: Newgate Prison Chapel interior, 2 glass slides

Dates: 1900


Archive name: English Heritage Archive

Catalogue ref: AL0032/028/01

Collection: Gerald Cobb, series of albums 

Description: Album on London churches. Published illustration showing the interior of Newgate Chapel. Del. and sculp. by Pugin and Rowlandson (interior view).

Dates: 1809


Archive name: English Heritage Archive

Catalogue ref: AL0148/062-065

Collection: Phillip E. Norman, series of albums of photographs and files

Description: Album of photographs, City of London, G-Z. Newgate Prison - interior and exterior views.

Dates: 1860-1910


Archive name: English Heritage Archive

Catalogue ref: CC97/00507

Collection: None

Description: EXTERIOR STEREO VIEW Exterior stereo view of Newgate Prison. Photographer - York and Son.

Dates: 1870-1900


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: COPY 1/418/878

Collection: Copyright Office

Description: Photograph of Newgate Prison showing woman sitting beside small stall beside lamp at corner of Newgate Street, three men standing right at corner of Prison.

Dates: 1894


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: COPY 1/441/96, 97, 99, 100

Collection: Copyright Office

Description: Photograph of chapel and other views of Newgate Prison

Dates: 1899


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: COPY 1/442/253

Collection: Copyright Office

Description: Photographs of Newgate Prison

Dates: 1899


Other

Archive name: Cornwall Record Office

Catalogue ref: BMZ/10/1/10

Collection: Borough of Marazion

Description: Letter from Reverend J. Townsend, Hackney, refers to Mrs Fry reading to the prisoners at Newgate

Dates: 1823