DROWNED IN PUB CELLARS?

They said prisoners were drowned in the secret dungeon vaults beneath Newport's pub, but the actual historical records are way darker. Local dark history law, loves to talk about the 15th century cells down at the captain arms and the early underground vaults beneath Newport market, but historians have found no proof of prisoners being drowned down there. The truth, it's actually far grimmer. Four permanent prisoners, early Newport kept its detenines in subterranean holding cells, squeezed directly beneath the town hall. Government inspectors in 1840 described them as filthy, damp, and completely neglected with simple wooden frames and zero bed. So, who was ended up down there? If you look at the bushes of the hundreds of newport local process into regional facilities like us Gold during the 1870s. It wasn't hard to master minds. It was desperate survival crimes stealing a love of bread, a love of coal or a scrap of clothing. Even children as young as 11 were locked up for minor effects. Next time someone tells you local pub legends, remember the real Victorian justice system was terrifying enough on its own. Let me know in the comments if you want part two on the new port rising and as always follow for more well history.