Peter Berthoud
As Black as Newgate's Knocker
"It's as black as Newgate's knocker" is an old phrase that will be familiar to many Londoners. But just how black was the knocker? Well,...
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Peter Berthoud
Jul 31, 2012
The Newgate Prison Execution Journal: Chilling, Unique, Unpublished
This is the handwritten Newgate Prison execution journal of the "Ordinary", or Chaplain, of Newgate, the Rev. Horace Salusbury Cotton....
Peter Berthoud
Jul 15, 2012
There are no Cells at The Viaduct Tavern
In countless books, guides, apps and websites dealing with “Secret”, “Hidden” and “Curious” London it is asserted with bland confidence...
Peter Berthoud
May 28, 2012
A Grim View Inside Newgate Prison in the 1890s
There are very few photos of Newgate prison on the net. The most commonly reproduced ones come from a late Victorian book, Queen’s...
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