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| <br>Many records related to London prisoners are kept in the London Sessions at the [[London Metropolitan Archives]] and were printed by journalists in the Old Bailey Sessions. The [[London Court Records|London Court Records]] article provides further information.
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| {{Wikipedia|Bridewell_Palace|Bridewell}}Originally a workhouse-style hospital, by the late 1500s, many prisoners were held at Bridewell. The prison at Bridewell closed in 1855. Most of the buildings have been demolished.<ref name="lma" /> Records are kept at the [[London Metropolitan Archives]]. [[Bridewell Chapel|Bridewell Chapel]] also kept records.<br>
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| === Fleet Prison ===
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| *[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=9158 London, England, King's Bench and Fleet Prison Discharge Books and Prisoner Lists, 1734-1862] at Ancestry (£)
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| {{Wikipedia|Fleet_Prison|Fleet Prison}}
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| === Newgate ===
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| {{Wikipedia|Newgate_Prison|Newgate}}Newgate Prison was founded in 1188. It burned during the Great Fire of London (1666), but was rebuilt. Between 1770 and 1778, a new prison was designed, but burned down in the Gordon Riots (1780). It was rebuilt between 1780 and 1783. The prison closed in 1902 and the buildings were demolished.<ref name="lma">''Prison Records,'' London Metropolitan Archives Information Leaflet Number 59, http://217.154.230.218/NR/rdonlyres/5B8D735B-9FCB-47F4-A9BE-1A45430FF54A/0/59PRISONRECORDS.pdf, accessed 17 January 2012</ref>
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| [http://members.tripod.com/~Data_Mate/Execut.txt List of Executions at England from 1606 at Newgate Prison]: Extracted from Haydn's Dictionar of Dates<br><br>A variety of records survive and are held at the [[London Metropolitan Archives]].
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| Additional Newgate Prison history is available at the [http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/newgate.html Capital Punishments] website. Creators of the site have also compiled lists of executions at Newgate from [http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/ng1783.html 1783 to 1799], [http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/tower.html 1800 to 1836], and [http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/new1837.html 1837 to 1902]. Before that time, executions took place at Tyburn.<br>
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| *Griffiths, Arthur. ''The Chronicles of Newgate''. 2 vols. London: Chapman and Hall, 1884. Digital version of Volume 1 at [http://archive.org/details/chroniclesnewga00grifgoog Internet Archive]; Volume 2 at [http://archive.org/details/chroniclesnewga02grifgoog Internet Archive] - both free.
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| === Executions ===
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| {{Wikipedia|Tyburn}}Many Londoners found guilty of capital crimes at the Old Bailey Sessions were publicly executed at Tyburn, although it was possible to be reprieved. A list of executions at Tyburn 1695-1783 is available [http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/tyburn.html online].
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| <br>A list of executions at the Tower of London from 1388 to 1941 is also available [http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/tower.html online].
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| Felons found guilty of crimes at sea, such as piracy, were put to death at Execution Dock, near the Tower of London. A list of executions there from 1735 to 1830 is available [http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/edock.html online].
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| *Stevenson, Robert Louis. ''Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who Have Been Condemned and Executed for Murder, Highway Robberies, House-breaking, Street Robberies, Coining, Or Other Offences; From the Year 1720 to the Year 1735, Collected from Original Papers and Authentic Memoirs.'' London: Reeves and Turner, 1874. Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/cu31924024870887 Internet Archive] - free.
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| *[http://instruct.uwo.ca/english/234e/site/bckgrnds/maps/lndnmpprsns.html London Prisons ca. 1676] (The University of West Ontario)
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| == Websites ==
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| *[http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/ Capital Punishment U.K.]
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| *[http://www.londonlives.org/static/HousesOfCorrection.jsp Houses of Correction] (London Lives)
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| *[http://www.londonlives.org/static/Prisons.jsp Prisons and Lockups] (London Lives)
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| *[https://search.lma.gov.uk/ London Metropolitan Archives] - Search for Research Guide 59 - Prison Records
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| == References ==
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| [[Category:London,_England]] [[Category:Correctional_Institutions]]
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