Newgate Prison was located at the corner of Newgate Street and Old Bailey just inside the City of London. It was originally at the site of Newgate, a gate in the Roman London Wall. The gate/prison was rebuilt in the 12th...
Category - People
Scanned from ‘Old and New London – Its History, its people and its places’, published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. 1878. Night watchmen patrolled the streets between 9 or 10 pm until sunrise, and were expected...
Scanned directly from ‘Old and New London – Its History, its people and its places’, published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. 1878. Illustration of Titus Oates in the Pillory. The Popish Plot was a...
Scanned directly from The Illustrated London News, Saturday May 27, 1876. The image shows men ‘scrambling for pence’ for the amusement of the crowd on the occasion of the visit to London by the Prince and...
A couple and two children sleeping on a London Bridge by Gustave Doré.
Set in the parish of St Giles, a notorious slum district, Gin Lane depicts the squalor and despair of a community raised on gin. Desperation, death and decay pervade the scene. The only businesses that flourish are those...