London stories
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Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation
Mapping London’s execution landscape
In central London, you’re never further than 5km from a known site of execution
Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation
London’s public executions
Hung, drawn and quartered. Beheaded, boiled or burned
Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation
Horsemonger Lane Jail
Where rooftop executions became a violent Southwark spectacle
Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation
The history of London's Newgate Prison
London’s longest-running prison was home to high-profile criminals, common thieves and the condemned
Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation
Jack Sheppard: An 18th-century working class hero
How one young criminal became a working class hero by escaping London prisons four times.
