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=== Bridewell  ===
=== Bridewell  ===


{{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>
{{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>  


=== Fleet Prison  ===
=== Fleet Prison  ===
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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]].  
[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]].  


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>
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>  


*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.
*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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*[http://instruct.uwo.ca/english/234e/site/bckgrnds/maps/lndnmpprsns.html London Prisons ca. 1676] (The University of West Ontario)
*[http://instruct.uwo.ca/english/234e/site/bckgrnds/maps/lndnmpprsns.html London Prisons ca. 1676] (The University of West Ontario)


== References ==
== References ==


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== Websites ==
== Websites ==


*[http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/ Capital Punishment U.K.]  
*[http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/ Capital Punishment U.K.]  
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