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London’s dark public execution history in 5 objects

A look at 700 years of public executions in London through five objects

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.

Fashion & Style
Fashion & Style

The Forty Elephants: South London’s supreme shoplifters

How an all-women clan of career criminals hounded West End department stores

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Social History
Social History

Sugar loaf cutters

R Timmins & Sons

1800-1900

Saxon & Medieval
Saxon & Medieval

King's College, Cambridge (seal impression)

Late Medieval; mid 15th century

Decorative arts
Decorative arts

Patch box