The Newgate Prison diary features on BBC Inside Out London

The Newgate Prison diary features on BBC Inside Out London

There has been a lot of interest in the last few weeks about about an unusual item we have recently acquired.

The Diary of Convicts executed since the year 1812 inclusive at Newgate; by the Rev. Horace Salusbury Cotton, the Ordinary, or Chaplain, of Newgate Prison firstly picked up the interest of Westminster Tour Guide and Historian extraordinaire Peter Berthoud in his wonderful blog at Discovering London.

 

The story of the Diary was also reported in an episode of BBC Inside Out London presented by everyone’s favourite Cockney; Lary Lamb. You can watch the clip of the Newgate Prison Diary.

Newgate Prison diary

There is also a written article by Ed Davey on the BBC website about the “Vicar’s little black book of death”.

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