10-631: Newgate Street refers to: Newgate and Newgate Street in London Newgate Street, Hertfordshire , a village in Hertfordshire Newgate Street, Newcastle , a shopping and entertainment street in Newcastle upon Tyne See also [ edit ] Newgate (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
20-573: A part of the A40 route from London to Fishguard . It starts in the west at the eastern end of St Giles High Street and runs past the Kingsway and Southampton Row , becoming Holborn at its eastern junction with Gray's Inn Road . The western stretch, as far as Drury Lane , was formerly known as Broad Street. On High Holborn, traffic (including cycles and buses) flows one-way westbound from its junction with Drake Street to its western end, and flows both ways for
30-624: The Chamberlain's Soke lying just outside Newgate, forming part of the ward of Farringdon Without . Excavations in 1875, 1903 and 1909 revealed the Roman structure and showed that it consisted of a double roadway between two square flanking guardroom towers. From the 12th century, the gate was used as a prison for debtors and felons. Jack Cade was beheaded publicly in Newgate after the conclusion of his failed rebellion . The notorious Newgate Prison ,
40-452: The north. A notable discovery here was a Roman tile inscribed with a disgruntled comment that "Austalis has been going off on his own for 13 days". The Roman road continued along High Holborn and Oxford Street , via the Devil's Highway to Silchester and Bath To the north of the street are the public gardens around the ruins of Christ Church Greyfriars (bombed during World War II) on
50-598: The remainder. The nearest London Underground stations are Tottenham Court Road , Holborn , and Chancery Lane , all on the Central line which runs beneath High Holborn. Landmarks along High Holborn include the Cittie of Yorke , at no. 22, and the Embassy of Cuba , at no. 167. The street was a "Feature site" for introduction of the Camden bench . High Holborn is the highest point in
60-567: The site of a medieval Franciscan monastery. To the south is Paternoster Square leading towards St Paul's Cathedral . 51°30′53.09″N 0°6′1.22″W / 51.5147472°N 0.1003389°W / 51.5147472; -0.1003389 Listed clockwise from the West High Holborn High Holborn ( / ˈ h oʊ b ər n / HOH -bərn ) is a street in Holborn and Farringdon Without , Central London , which forms
70-462: The title Newgate Street . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Newgate_Street&oldid=951726725 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Newgate Newgate
80-538: Was later extended to the south on the site of the modern Central Criminal Court on Old Bailey. The gate was demolished in 1767. Newgate Street, today part of the A40 London to Fishguard route , is mostly located within the city wall, leading west from Cheapside to the site of the old gate, and then continuing onto Holborn Viaduct at the point where the Old Bailey thoroughfare joins to the south and Giltspur Street to
90-457: Was once thought that Newgate was "New" since it was built after the Roman period, but archaeological evidence has shown that it was of Roman origin; it is therefore possible that the gate was named so when the Ludgate became less used, due to the building of the fourth St Paul's Cathedral in the early medieval period. It was previously known as Chamberlains Gate, there was a landholding referred to as
100-557: Was one of the historic seven gates of the London Wall around the City of London and one of the six which date back to Roman times . Newgate lay on the west side of the wall and the road issuing from it headed over the River Fleet to Middlesex and western England. Beginning in the 12th century, parts of the gate buildings were used as a gaol , which later developed into Newgate Prison . It
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