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• Newgate —    obsolete British    a prison    It denoted other prisons than the notorious one in London. There were many compounds to do with jail, crime, or hanging such as Newgate bird, a thief, and Newgate solicitor, a corrupt lawyer …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• Old Newgate Prison — Old New Gate Prison U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark …   Wikipedia

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• Jack Sheppard — Jack Sheppard …   Wikipedia Español

• Jack Sheppard — (4 March 1702 – 16 November 1724) was a notorious English robber, burglar and thief of early 18th century London. Born into a poor family, he was apprenticed as a carpenter but took to theft and burglary in 1723, with little more than a year of… …   Wikipedia

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• Peak Mountain — Infobox Mountain Name = Peak Mountain Photo = Peakedmountain newgateview.jpg Photo size = 180px Caption = Old Newgate Prison and Salmon Brook Valley from Peak Mountain Elevation = est. convert|730|ft|m|0|lk=on Location = East Granby, Connecticut… …   Wikipedia

• English Confessors and Marytrs (1534-1729) —     English Confessors and Martyrs (1534 1729)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► English Confessors and Martyrs (1534 1729)     Though the resistance of the English as a people to the Reformation compares very badly with the resistance offered by… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Bishop Auckland — Infobox UK place country = England official name= Bishop Auckland population = 24,392 (2001)Citation title = 2001 Census Profiles (Numbers) for Major Centres in County Durham publisher = Durham County Council url =… …   Wikipedia