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Noun: Newgate
  1. A former prison in London notorious for its unsanitary conditions and burnt down in riots in 1780; a new prison was built on the same spot but was torn down in 1902
    - Newgate Prison

Type of: prison, prison house

Part of: British capital, capital of the United Kingdom, Greater London, London

Encyclopedia: Newgate, Chester