IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS1126
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Newgate Prison - a history
Date(s): c1910
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1 volume
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The identity of the author was unknown when this finding aid was compiled
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
"A history of Newgate with an account of some notorious criminals", [1910]: manuscript volume, which includes press-cuttings on prisons policy and pamphlets by the Penal Reform League.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
1 volume only
Conditions governing access:
Open for reseearch
Conditions governing reproduction:
May be photocopied subject to copyright restrictions
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Fonds-level description
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Passed to Senate House Library by Vive-Chancellor's office. Provenance unknown.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Newgate Prison was in use from 1188 until 1902. During the 19th century, prison reformers such as Elizabeth Fry increasingly became indignant at the conditions in which women and children were held. The prison was knocked down in 1902 and the Old Bailey court presently stands in its place.
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Richard Temple.
Date(s) of descriptions: 2006-09-16, Richard Temple