Following is a list of sites in London associated
with the Crime and Punishment
- Aldwych - Bomb
- On the 18 Feb 1996 an IRA bomb exploded prematurely killing it carrier and 4 other people.
- Baltic Exchange - Bomb
- On the 10 April 1992 an IRA bomb killed 3 people and severely damaged the building
- Bethlehem Hospital (Bedlam)- Imperial War Museum
- The site of the infamous lunatic asylum from 1815 to 1930. The criminally insane moved to Broadmoor Prison in 1846.
- Cable Street - Riot
- On Sunday 4 October 1936, Sir Oswald Mosleys fascists attempted to march through Jewish areas of the East End. The Police did nothing to prevent this, in fact they seemed to be trying to aid the blackshirts by clearing there route for them. Out of desperation left wings, dockers and locals built baracaded and forced the marchers onto Cable Street, which has also been barracaded at Royal Mint Street. A riot followed. This event marked the begining of the decline of Mosley and his Nazis.
- Calvi, Roberto - Murdered
- Gods banker, was found hanged underneath Blackfriars Bridge on the 15 June 1982
- Cato Street Plot - Terrorists
- On the 23-Feb 1820 a plot to kill the entire cabinet, and then parade there head through the City, was planned here.
- Chapman, George - Murderer
- Killed his wife Mary Spink on Christmas Day 1898 in his pub, the Prince of Wales. He later married his barmaid.
- Chapman, George - Murderer
- Killed his 2nd wife Bessie Taylor in his pub the Monument Tavern, she had been his barmaid in his previous pub. He later married his barmaid.
- Chapman, George - Murderer
- Killed his 3rd wife Maud Marsh in his pub the Crown. He was hanged in April 1903 for the murder of his 3 wives.
- Charles 1 - Execution
- King On the 30 January 1649, King Charles 1 was beheaded just outside Banqueting House.
- Christie, John - Serial Killer
- Between 1938 and 1953 John Christie brutally sexually assaulted and then killed at least 7 women, including his wife. Their bodies were buried in and around the house, 10 Rillington Place. In 1948 the body of one of Christie lodgers was found in the shed. She was the wife of Timothy Evens, who was mentally handicapted. Evans confessed, was tried and exectuted. It was not until 1953 when another body and Christie was charged with multiple murder, that Evens was proved innocent. Christie was hanged in 1953. The name of the road has been changed from Rillington Place to Bartle Road.
- Cleopatras Needle
- A very popular spot for suicides. Two ghost are reputed, one stand on the wall, and jumps if spoken to. The other dash out of the shadows, naked and jump, but no splash is heard.
- Cream, Thomas - Murderer
- Here lived Thomas Cream, the killer of at least 4 women between 1891 and 1892. Suspicion was originally on Jack the Ripper.
- Cream, Thomas - Murderer
- Matilda Clover was killed in her brothel by Thomas Cream in Oct 1891.
- Cream, Thomas - Murderer
- Ellen Donworth was killed by Thomas Cream in Oct 1891.
- Cream, Thomas - Murderer
- Emma Shrivall and Alice Marsh were killed by Thomas Cream in April 1892.
- Cummins, George Frederick - Murderer
- Hamilton, Evelyn strangled by Cummins, George Frederick on 1942.
- Cummins, George Frederick - Murderer
- Ward, Nita had her throat cut and was mutilated with a tin opener by Cummins, George Frederick
- Cummins, George Frederick - Murderer
- Lowe, Margaret strangled with her stockings and cut with a razor by Cummins, George Frederick on 11 Feb 1942.
- Cummins, George Frederick - Murderer
- Jouannet, Doris strangled with her stockings and cut with a razor by Cummins, George Frederick
- Da Vinci Code - Horse Guards Parade
- Remy and the teacher meet here, and Remy is killed.
- Da Vinci Code - Snow Hill Police Station
- Sophies call to the police was routed to this station.
- Da Vinci Code - Temple Tube Station
- From here Sophie made here call to the police, and they catch the tube to Westminister.
- Defoe, Daniel - Pillory
- One of the many pillories in London stood by Temple Bar. Daniel once spent 3 days here for libel.
- Ducking stool - Bridwell
- A ducking stool was installed in 1628.
- Ducking stool - Clink
- A ducking stool was used here.
- Dury Lane Theatre
- Here 3 Kings met their future mistresses, and 2 almost got killed.
- Exection Site - Tothill Fields
- The punishment of witches was the main activity here.
- Execution Dock
- Execution Site - Execution Dock
- From the 15 to the 19 centuries this site was used for the execution of pirates. The condemned persons was hanged for half an hour at low tide and then chained to a stake and left there for 3 high tides. Among those executed here was the infamous Captain Kidd.
- Execution Site - Gardelle, Theodore
- The Swiss Miniaturist Theodore Gardeele was executed here in 1761 for the murder of his landlady Mrs King
- Execution Site - Horsemonger Lane Gaol
- The site.
- Execution Site - Kennington Park
- The Surry gallows.
- Execution Site - Lincolns Inn Fields
- The present day bandstand marks the former execution site. In 1586 Anthony Babington and 13 other Catholics were hang, drawn and quartered for plotting to replace Elizabeth 1 with Mary. In 1683 Lord William Russell, for trying to replace Charles 2 with Kings illegitimate son, the Duke of Monmouth.
- Execution Site - Newgate Gallows
- The Viaduct Tavern is built on the site of the gallows.
- Execution Site - Old Palace Yard
- Here Guy Fawkes and Sir Walter Raleigh were executed
- Execution Site - Smithfield
- For over 400 years this was a place of execution. In 1400 the gallows were moved to Tyburn and Smithfield became the site for burning. Over 500 people were burnt to death here, including a couple of Bishops.
- Execution Site - St Pauls Churchyard
- St Pauls Churchyard was primarily used for religious executions. A number of the Gunpowder Plotters were dispatched here.
- Execution Site - Tower Hill
- This site was used to execute traitors, or supposed traitors. Among them are Sir Thomas More, Sir Thomas Cromwell, the Duke of Monmouth etc. The last execution took place in 1780.
- Execution Site - Tyburn Gallows
- Tyburn was the main execution site in London. Over 50,000 met their end here between the 12 century and 1782.
- FIELDING, Henry (1707-1754),
- Novelist of Tom Jones and Tom Thumb. Magistrate and founder of the "Bow Street Runners", the worlds first Police Force.
- FIELDING, Henry (1707-1754),
- Novelist of Tom Jones and Tom Thumb. Magistrate and founder of the "Bow Street Runners", the worlds first Police Force., lived here.
- FIELDING, Henry (1707-1754),
- Novelist of Tom Jones and Tom Thumb. Magistrate and founder of the "Bow Street Runners", the worlds first Police Force.
- Fletcher, Yvonne WPC - Assassination
- On the 17 April 1984 WPC Yvonne Fletcher was killed by a shot dead from the Libyan Embassy.
- Fu Manchu
- Here, in 1913 while investigating the opium trade, Arthur Ward was inspired to create the master criminal.
- Gardelle, Theodore - Murderer
- Theodore Gardeele the Swiss Miniaturist, murdered his landlady Mrs King here in 1761. She had mocked his work.
- George 2 - Assassination
- In 1716 a Mr Freemen shot at but missed George 2 outside the Dury Lane Theatre.
- George 3 - Assassination
- James Hatfield try unsuccessfully to assassinate George 3 in the Dury Lane Theatre, while the king watched a play.
- George 4 - Scandal
- The future George 4 illicitly married the catholic Maria Herbert in Fleet Prison on the 5 Sep 1745
- Giltspur Street Compter (Prison)
- The Viaduct Tavern is built on the former prison.
- Gordon Riots
- The Gordon Riot of 2 June 1780, started out as a public meeting against the repeal of anti Catholic Laws. By the time order was restored over 850 people had died, most prisons emptied many destroyed, and many other properties looted. Lord George Gordon was later hanged.
- Great Fire Of London - Disaster
- The Great Fire of 1666 started on the 2 Sep in a bakery in Pudding Lane. It destroyed 13,000 houses and killed 9.
- Guards - Bomb
- An IRA bomb exploded on 20 July 1982 killing 2 Horse Guards and injuring 17 spectators.
- Haigh, John - Serial Killer
- Haight killed 6 people and disolved their bodies in a bath filled with acid. He was hanged in 1949.
- Hanger Lane
- Harrods Bomb
- Dec. 17, 1983: Six people are killed and as many as 90 are wounded by an IRA bombing outside of Harrods department store in west London.
- HENRY, Sir Edward (1850-1931),
- Metropolitan Police Commissioner 1903-1918 and Pioneer of Fingerprint Identification lived here 1903-1920.
- HOWARD, John (1726-1790),
- Prison Reformer, lived here.
- Iranian Embassy Siege - Terrorists
- In April 1984 the Embassy was atacked by 6 terrorist and those inside taken hostage. After the execution of one of the hostage the SAS stormed the building killing 5 of the terrorists and unfortunatly 1 hostage.
- Jack the Ripper - Annie Chapman
- The 3rd victim. Annie Chapmann was killen in the backyard of 29 Hanbury Street on the 8 September 1888.
- Jack the Ripper - Catherine Eddowes
- The 5th victim. Catherine Eddowes was kill in Mitre Square on the 30 September
- Jack the Ripper - Mary Ann Nicholls (2)
- The 2nd victim. On the 31 August 1888, Mary Anne Hicholls, after leaving a pub in Brick Lane was killed in Durward Street.
- Jack the Ripper - Mary Kelly
- The 6th and last victim. On the 9 November 1888 Mary Kelly was killed in her home at 13 Millers Court. Her body was the most brutally disfigured of them all.
- Jeffries, Judge
- The infamous hanging judge is buried here.
- Ketch, Jack - Executioner
- All executioners are named Jack Ketch, since the bungled beheading of Charles 1.
- Kings Cross Tube Station Fire - Disaster
- On the 19 November 1987 a fire broke out in the tube station, killing 30 and injuring many many more.
- Lovett, Mrs - Murderer
- Sweeny Todds partner. He, a barber, killed many of his customers, whos bodies would be cut up and baked in pies, that Mrs Lovett sold in her shop in Bell Yard.
- Markov, Georgi - Spys
- Assasinated Bulgarian defector. Was poked in the leg with an umbrella, and died 2 days later. It turns out he had been darted with ricin poison.
- Marquees of Granby
- A really nice pub, well worth loosing
a few hours in. In January 1670 the highwayman Claude
Duval was arrested here. Try the Cider
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Chandos Place
- MILLBANK PRISON.
- Near this site stood Millbank Prison, which was opened in 1816 and closed in 1890. This buttress stood at the head of the river steps from which, until 1867, prisoners sentenced to transportation embarked on their journey to Australia.
- Minor, Dr William Chester
- On 17 February 1872 Dr George Minor, an American Army Officer living in London, shot and killed George Merrit for no reason here. He was found to be mad and sent to Broadmoor Asylum. During his time there he became one of the major writers and contributors to the Oxford English Dictionary.
- Mint Street - Slum
- The area was a criminal ghetto in the early 19 century.
- Murder One
- The place for crime books
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- Neave Airey - Assassination
- Airey Neave the Minister for Northern Ireland was blown up by an IRA bomb while driving his car out off the car park under Parliament, on the evening of the 30 March 1979.
- Newgate stamped - Disaster
- In 1802, during a hanging in Newgate, 40,000 people stampeded leaving hundreds dead.
- Nilsen, Dennis - Serial Killer
- Dennis Nilsen was one of the most prolific killers London has ever seen. He was convicted of killing 3, but it seems fairly certain that actually murdered 16 and possibly many more. All his victims were men, that he picked up in local pubs, he would take them back to his home and then kill them. He would keep their bodys until they rotted to "retain some friendship", he then cut up the remain and dumped some parts down the sink. This is how he was caught, the drains were block, and the plumbers has a shock.
- Nilsen, Dennis - Serial Killer
- Dennis Nilsen was one of the most prolific killers London has ever seen. He was convicted of killing 3, but it seems fairly certain that actually murdered 16 and possibly many more. All his victims were men, that he picked up in local pubs, he would take them back to his home and then kill them. He would keep their bodys until they rotted to "retain some friendship", he then cut up the remain and dumped some parts down the sink. This is how he was caught, the drains were block, and the plumbers has a shock.
- Peasants Revolt
- Wat Tyler led a larger group of peasants from Kent to London in June 1381, to protest about poll taxes. They took over large parts of the city, including the Tower. The rebellion was suppressed and Tyler murdered in Smithfield.
- PEEL, Sir Robert (1788-1850)
- Prime Minister, Founder of the Metropolitan Police, lived here.
- Peel, Sir Robert Prime Minister
- He became an Member of Parliament in 1809 and Home Secretary in 1822. Peel was responsible for the establishment of the Metropolitan Police Force in 1829 and was Prime Minister for a short time in 1834-5. His second ministry lasted from 1841 to 1846. He lived at 36 13 Great George Street in 1813.
- PERCEVAL, The Hon. Spencer (1762-1812),
- Prime Minister, lived here. He is the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated while in office.
- Percival, Spencer Prime Minister - Assassination
- On the 11 May 1812 as he was entering the House of Commons, the Prime Minister Spencer Percival was shot dead by John Bellingham. As part of the security clamp down troops sealed off London and all mail was stopped to prevent any potential plot. It later became clear that Bellingham, was unbalanced and acting alone, he executed the following week.
- Post Office tower bomb
- Oct. 31, 1971: A bomb explodes inside the Post Office tower in London. No one is injured, but the blast causes extensive damage. Police receive a call claiming the "Kilburn Battalion" of the IRA is behind the attack.
- Prision - Newgate
- Newgate was built in the 12 century as the county jail for London and Middlesex. It quickly became notorious. In 1780 it was burned down in the Gordon Riots, and rebuilt. In 1783 execution were moved from Tyburn to Newgate. In 1868 public execution were abolished. The prison was demolished in 1902 and the Old Baily built on the site.
- Prison - Bridwell
- The former palace became a prison in 1556. It was finally demolished in 1855.
- Prison - Clink
- This is the site of the 1st Clink Street prison. It was burned down during the Gordon Riots of 1780 and never rebuilt.
- Prison - Cold Bath Fields
- Sit of the prison from 1794 to 1889.
- Prison - Fleet
- Founded in the Norman period and demolished in 1846, to make way for a railway station and tracks.
- Prison - Horsemonger Lane Gaol
- The site of a prison.
- Prison - Kings Bench
- Mainly a debtor’s prison. The King of Corsica was an inmate.
- Prison - Ludgate
- The site of the medieval prison.
- Prison - Marshalsea
- Second only in importance to the Tower. It finally closed in 1842. Dickens’s father was an prisoner here and his character Little Dorrit was born here.
- Prison - Millbank
- Built in 1821, this was the largest prison of its time. It was torn down in 1890.
- Prison - Tothill Fields
- Site of the prison
- Royal Green Jackets - Bomb
- An IRA bomb exploded on 20 July 1982 under the band stand, killing 6 band members and injuring many spectators.
- Saffron Hill - Slum
- This was a notorious criminal ghetto. Dickens wrote about in Oliver Twist.
- Scotland Yard Police HQ - 2
- The famous one
- Scotland Yard Police HQ - New
- The current one.
- Scotland Yard Police HQ - 1
- The original
- SCOTLAND YARD, Site of.
- First Headquarters of the Metropolitan Police 1829-1890.
- Shelley Westbrook, Harriet - Suicide
- First wife of Percy Byshe Shelley drowned herself in the Serpentine Lake, after she discovered he had run off Mary.
- Sheppard, Jack
- Highway Man was buried here in 1724 after being exectuted at Tyburn.
- Spilsbury, Sir Bernard (1877-1947),
- Leading forensic pathologist of the 20th century. He lived from 1912 until the bombing of London in 1940. It was during the time that Spilsbury acquired a reputation as the most brilliant scientific-detective of all time.
- St Martins le Grand - Sanctuary
- This was the site of the largest and probably safest sanctuary in England. All Christians, except traitors, could gain sanctuary if they could get into the church grounds. The route the Tower Hill execution site passed by here, and many a prisoner managed to fight or bride their way in.
- St. Nicholass Church - Pirates
- The original of the Skull and Bone of the pirate flag can be found on the wall of the church.
- Stocks and Pillory
- Stood here
- Sydney Street Siege
- A group of anti-Tsarist terrorist bungled a robbery and killed 3 policemen while escaping. After a nationwide hunt they were found, in Jan 1911, at 100 Sidney Street, where they barricaded themselves in and took pot shots for 5 hour. Winston Churchill as Home Secretary came to see what was going on. The siege was finally ended when the house burnt down.
- Thistlewood, Arthur - Assassination
- Bow Street runner, killed by the Cato Street Plotters
- Todd, Sweeney - Murderer
- The demon barber of Fleet Street. Killed many of his customers, whos bodies would be cut up and baked in pies, that Mrs Lovett sold in her shop in Bell Yard.
- Tower Hill - Disaster
- During the execution of Lord Lovat in 1747 a stand collapsed and 12 spectators died.
- Tower of London Bomb
- In July 1974 an IRA explosion at the Tower of London kills one person and injures 41 others, including eight children.
- Tower Street Explosion
- On one Monday night in January 1649 27 barrels of gunpowder exploded killing 67 people. The gunpowder was being stored by a Tower Street resident, Robert Porter, to be loaded onto a ship the following day.
- Tyler, Wat - plotter Execution
- In 1301, at the entrance to the Hospital, Wat Tyler was beheaded by King Richard 2 men, after being stabbed by the Lord Mayor of London ib Smithfield. Tyler was betrayed by the King.
- William, John - Serial killer
- John Williams hanged himself here. In December 1811 he killed 7 people with a chisel and hammer. He was buried with his murder weapons and a stake through his heart.
- Wilson, Sir Henry - Assassinated
- On 22 June 1922 a senior government advisor on Ireland was shot and killed by 2 IRA terrorists.
- Wood Street Police Station
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