Newgate Prison

In the back of Amen Court, in the shadow of St. Paul’s Cathedral, stands the only surviving wall of Newgate Prison, where many Baptists suffered and died.

copyrighted and used by permission from David Beale, Baptist History in England and America: Personalities, Positions, and Practices

Famous Prisoners according to Wikipedia

• John Bradford, religious reformer – burned at the stake at Newgate in 1555
• William Penn, religious scholar, and later the Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania – held in Newgate during his 1670 trial for preaching before a gathering in the street
• John Rogers, Bible translator and religious reformer – at Newgate after conviction of heresy in 1554, and burnt at the stake in 1555^[25]

Featured Image Credit: George Shepherd (1784-1862), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons