Crime & Legislation
Spanning criminals, prisons and the Metropolitan Police, find out about London’s laws and its lawbreakers in our objects, stories and blogs.
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Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation
The Cato Street Conspiracy: A failed revolution
This 1820 plot to kill the cabinet ended at the Newgate Prison gallows
From our experts
From our experts
Changing London: A view from inside Pentonville Prison
From behind the walls of HMP Pentonville, these men share their views of London after the Second World War
Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation
The Kray Twins: Notorious east London gangsters
Dangerous and famous in the Swinging Sixties
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Saxon & Medieval
Saxon & Medieval
Priory of St Leonard, Stratford-at-Bow (seal impression)
Early Medieval; mid-late 13th century
Printed Ephemera
Printed Ephemera
Mrs Pankhurst on the Country in Danger. Kingsway Hall. Women's Social and Political Union (notice)
Women's Social and Political Union
1914-11-30