St Sepulchre-without-Newgate
- English National Heritage: Church Of St Sepulchre
- Address: Holborn Viaduct EC1
- Vicinity: Giltspur St
- City of City of London in London
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1840/07/06 | Charles Dickens | Witness | Henry Burnett, Charles Dickens, Fred Dickens and Daniel MacLise arrive outside of Newgate prison (razed) in anticipation of the hanging of Francois Courvoisier. | |||
1840/07/06 | William Makepeace Thackeray | Witness | As the death-bell begins to toll at St Sepulchre for Courvoisier, the crowd changes: I don't know if it was the bell I heard - but a dreadful quick feverish kind of jangling noise mingled with the noise of the people, and lasted two minutes. WMT | |||
1840/07/06 | Richard Monckton Milnes | Witness | Richard M Milnes and William M Thackeray arrive at the gallows: "There it stands, black and ready, jutting out from a little door in the prison." - WMT | |||
1840/07/06 | In less than 2 minutes, Francois Courvoisier dies by hanging outside Newgate Prison (razed). The surrounding roads from Giltspur Street to Ludgate Hill are jammed with c 40,000 people. London's population is less than 2 million. |
Particulars for St Sepulchre-without-Newgate: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Sight Category | Building |
Building Type | Church |
Area of Significance | Religion |
Historic Use | Religious Property |
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English National Heritage List: | 1064640 |
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