Editing Newgate (section)

==Name==
[[File:Newgate London 01 07 2014.jpg|thumb|Blue plaque on the site of Newgate]]
It was once thought that Newgate was "New" since it was built after the Roman period, but archaeological evidence has shown that it was of Roman origin; it is therefore possible that the gate was named so when the [[Ludgate]] became less used, due to the building of the fourth St Paul's Cathedral in the early medieval period.<ref>{{cite book |first=Stephen |last=Halliday |date=2007 |title=Newgate: London's Prototype of Hell |page=3 |isbn=978-0750938969 |publisher=The History Press}}</ref> It was previously known as Chamberlains Gate, there was a landholding referred to as the [[Chamberlain (office)|Chamberlain's]] [[Soke (legal)|Soke]]<ref>London, its origin and early development William Page 1923 (including reference to the primary source). Link: https://archive.org/details/londonitsorigine00pageuoft/page/178/mode/2up/search/bishopsgate p179</ref> lying just outside Newgate, forming part of the ward of [[Farringdon Without]].