Following is a list of sites in London associated
with The Law
- BRIDGEMAN, Sir Orlando (1606-1674),
- Lawyers
- 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.
- HALDANE, Lord (1856-1928),
- Statesman, Lawyer and Philosopher, lived here.
- ISAACS, Rufus, 1st Marquess of Reading (1860-1935),
- Lawyer and Statesman, lived and died here.
- Jeffries, Judge
- The infamous hanging judge is buried here.
- Old Baily
- 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.
- Royal Courts of Justice
- SMITH, F.E., Earl of Birkenhead (1872-1930),
- Lawyer and Statesman, lived here.
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