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Referenced as the source for information about Newgate - 'according to our old friend, John Stowe, the Elizabethan antiquarian, it was called Newgate because it was built in the reign of either Henry the first or Stephen.'

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Mentioned in discussion of Protestant martyrs burned at Smithfield - 'And the great theme of Fox's Book of Martyrs, this sense that the revival of Catholicism would mean Protestants being burnt in Smithfield, haunted the imaginings of Protestants throughout the late 16th, 17th century.'

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Referenced when discussing the character Pip visiting Mr. Jaggers' offices near Smithfield - 'And one of them is Pip in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, who, when he comes to London, goes to the offices of Mr. Jaggers.'

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Referenced in connection with the character Mr. Turvey Drop and the dancing school that once operated in the Lady Chapel space - 'And then, Mr. Turvey Drop, isn't it? Yeah, that's right. From Bleak House.'

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Extensively discussed as the hosts visit Saffron Hill, the location of Fagin's lair in the novel. A passage is read aloud describing Oliver's first impressions of the area.

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A quote from Thomas Paine dated 1791 is read from a plaque about Wat Tyler - 'If the barons merited a monument to be erected at Runnymede... Tyler merited one in Smithfield, Thomas Paine, 1791.' This quote appears to be from Rights of Man, published in 1791.