Crime & Legislation
Spanning criminals, prisons and the Metropolitan Police, find out about London’s laws and its lawbreakers in our objects, stories and blogs.
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Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation
The Cato Street Conspiracy: A failed revolution
This 1820 plot to kill the cabinet ended at the Newgate Prison gallows
Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation
Horsemonger Lane Jail
Where rooftop executions became a violent Southwark spectacle
Royalty & Aristocracy
Royalty & Aristocracy
The murder of Thomas Becket
An event that shocked medieval Europe – and a cult that's lasted centuries
