According to the New York Times, a chaplain by the name of Henry Goodcole worked at one of London's most infamous ...
She was a Quaker, and was outraged at conditions for female prisoners in London’s Newgate Prison. She saw hundreds of women imprisoned together in wards. Convicted criminals were mixed with ...
When Pip first arrives in London, Wemmick takes Pip to Newgate prison which gives him a taste of the poor conditions in which prisoners lived. Later, Wemmick is able to help Pip when he is ...
The Norwich-born Quaker is also pictured giving a Bible reading to inmates at Newgate Prison, London where she frequently visited. The old £5 note - which entered circulation in June 1990 - will ...
The other notable feature is the basement, said to contain cells either from Newgate prison or else the neighbouring Giltspur Compter. Not everyone is convinced. Nevertheless, if the pub is quiet ...