Newgate

Newgate lay on the west side of the wall and the road issuing from it headed over the River Fleet to Middlesex and western England.

Excavations in 1875, 1903 and 1909 revealed the Roman structure and showed that it consisted of a double roadway between two square flanking guardroom towers.

[7] The notorious Newgate Prison, was later extended to the south on the site of the modern Central Criminal Court on Old Bailey.

[6] Newgate Street, today part of the A40 London to Fishguard route, is mostly located within the city wall, leading west from Cheapside to the site of the old gate, and then continuing onto Holborn Viaduct at the point where the Old Bailey thoroughfare joins to the south and Giltspur Street to the north.

[4]: 272  The Roman road continued along High Holborn and Oxford Street, via the Devil's Highway to Silchester and Bath[4]: 31 To the north of the street are the public gardens around the ruins of Christ Church Greyfriars (bombed during World War II) on the site of a medieval Franciscan monastery.

An old illustration of the gate, from a London map of 1690. [ a ] [ 1 ]
Blue plaque on the site of Newgate
Remains of Roman Wall, Newgate, 1903 by Philip Norman
Newgate (lower right) from the west, 16th century