Talk:1807 Newgate disaster

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Middlesex Comment

Re: "People from as far as Hounslow, Bagshot, and Middlesex came to observe"..." In 1807, Middlesex was a county that included all of central London north of the Thames. Indeed, Newgate was then in Middlesex, so it was hardly "far". Will remove that reference. Paul W (talk) 09:48, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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I’ve moved this to a descriptive, non-judgemental title per

WP:NDESC. None of the sources listed describe this as a 'stampede', which is in any case a pejorative term. The most contemporary source here calls it 'The Accident in the Old Bailey', and the description of the event is clearly that of a crowd crush. So 'Newgate stampede' is simply wrong. Moonraker12 (talk) 21:40, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply
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