Newgate

Newgate, a dark, gloomy prison in London, the original of which dates as far back as 1218; was two centuries afterwards rebuilt, and destroyed in the great fire of 1666; rebuilt in 1780; is now used only for prisoners awaiting trial during Sessions, and as a place of execution.

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)