Newgate, as is plain from the woodcut, spanned the roadway, which passed beneath by the arch, and seemingly, as in Temple Bar in our time, without gate or obstruction. This roadway outside the gate, or to the westward, was Holborn; within, or to the eastward, it was Newgate Street. The prison proper seems to have consisted of all the upper stories of the gatehouse; but so far as I can deduce from “B. L.,” only the rooms or apartments to the south of the arch or gateway, upon the ground-floor. Behind the gate front the prison building extended some way back parallel with Newgate Street, an increase of accommodation dating from the time of the Commonwealth, when “our very churches were made prisons, so great was the demand for room.” This extension was accomplished by taking in the buildings belonging to the Phœnix Inn in Newgate Street. Before proceeding to a detailed description of the various chambers and cellars into which the interior was divided, it will be well to recount briefly the general divisions to be found within Newgate. These were-- PARTS OR SIDES. I. THE MASTER DEBTORS’ SIDE. II. THE MASTER FELONS’ SIDE. III. THE COMMON SIDE FOR DEBTORS. IV. THE COMMON SIDE FOR FELONS. V. THE PRESS-YARD AND CASTLE. I. The Master Debtors’ Side comprised-- NUMBER IN PLAN. The Hall ward 1 The King’s Bench ward 2 The Stone ward 3 II. The Master Felons’ Side comprised-- The Drinking-cellar and Hall 4 The Gigger, or Visiting-room 5 First Ward 6 } Second and Third wards {7 } {8 III. The Common Side for Debtors comprised-- The Stone hall 9 High hall 10 Tangier 11 Debtors’ hall 12 Women’s ward 13 IV. The Common Side for Felons comprised-- The Stone hold 14 Lower ward 15 Middle ward 16 Waterman’s hall (for women) 17 Women’s second ward 18 V. The Press-Yard and Castle comprised several rooms on ground and three upper floors, as well as an exercising ground. Besides the foregoing there was a chapel at the topmost story and a number of independent rooms, such as the Bilbows, Press-room, Condemned holds, and Jack Ketch’s kitchen.