From "The Descriptive Album of London" by George H Birch 1896 - Extracted text : " NEWGATE PRISON, In 1782 it prison. open space in front,in Newgate Street, dates from 1770, it is about to be pulled. down, it takes its name from the adjacent City gate, which was long used as a was restored after having been partly destroyed in the Gordon Riots. The interior was rebuilt in and arranged in separate cells. In the executions used to take place, but since 1868, the prisoners condetnned to death are executed within the building. "

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