Old Bailey
E219613
The Old Bailey is London's historic central criminal court, renowned for hosting many of the city's most significant and high-profile trials.
All labels observed (10)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1943119 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Bailey Context triple: [Witness for the Prosecution, setting, Old Bailey]
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A.
King’s Bench
King’s Bench was a senior common law court in England and Wales that primarily dealt with criminal matters and cases involving the Crown.
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B.
King's Bench Prison
King's Bench Prison was a notorious London jail primarily used for debtors and those awaiting trial under the jurisdiction of the Court of King's Bench.
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C.
Court of Oyer and Terminer
The Court of Oyer and Terminer was a special colonial Massachusetts tribunal notorious for conducting the Salem witch trials of 1692, during which it authorized numerous executions for alleged witchcraft.
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D.
Bloody Assizes
The Bloody Assizes were a series of harsh judicial trials in 1685, led by Judge George Jeffreys to punish supporters of the Monmouth Rebellion with mass executions and transportations.
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E.
Court of Chivalry
The Court of Chivalry was a historic English civil law court concerned with matters of heraldry, nobility, and military honor, traditionally presided over by the Earl Marshal.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Bailey Target entity description: The Old Bailey is London's historic central criminal court, renowned for hosting many of the city's most significant and high-profile trials.
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A.
King’s Bench
King’s Bench was a senior common law court in England and Wales that primarily dealt with criminal matters and cases involving the Crown.
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B.
King's Bench Prison
King's Bench Prison was a notorious London jail primarily used for debtors and those awaiting trial under the jurisdiction of the Court of King's Bench.
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C.
Court of Oyer and Terminer
The Court of Oyer and Terminer was a special colonial Massachusetts tribunal notorious for conducting the Salem witch trials of 1692, during which it authorized numerous executions for alleged witchcraft.
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D.
Bloody Assizes
The Bloody Assizes were a series of harsh judicial trials in 1685, led by Judge George Jeffreys to punish supporters of the Monmouth Rebellion with mass executions and transportations.
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E.
Court of Chivalry
The Court of Chivalry was a historic English civil law court concerned with matters of heraldry, nobility, and military honor, traditionally presided over by the Earl Marshal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
court building
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criminal court ⓘ judicial institution ⓘ |
| architect | Edward William Mountford ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Edwardian architecture
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surface form:
Edwardian Baroque architecture
|
| bombedDuring |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| buildingMaterial | Portland stone ⓘ |
| builtOnSiteOf | Newgate Prison ⓘ |
| city | City of London ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1902 ⓘ |
| coordinates | 51.515°N 0.101°W ⓘ |
| country |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| damagedInEvent | Blitz ⓘ |
| domeHeight | approximately 67 metres ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service
ⓘ
surface form:
His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service
|
| handlesCaseType |
high-profile criminal trials
ⓘ
murder trials ⓘ serious criminal cases ⓘ terrorism cases ⓘ |
| hasOnlineResource |
Old Bailey
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Bailey Proceedings Online
|
| hasPart |
Central Criminal Court building
ⓘ
Great Hall ⓘ cells ⓘ courtrooms ⓘ dome ⓘ public galleries ⓘ Statue of Justice ⓘ
surface form:
statue of Lady Justice
|
| hasStatue | Lady Justice ⓘ |
| inaugurationDate | 1907 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | England and Wales ⓘ |
| languageOfProceedings | English ⓘ |
| location |
City of London
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| namedAfter |
Old Bailey
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Old Bailey street
|
| notableFor |
historic criminal trials
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influence on English criminal law ⓘ public access to trials ⓘ |
| officialName | Central Criminal Court ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Corporation of London
ⓘ
surface form:
City of London Corporation
|
| primaryFunction | central criminal court for serious offences ⓘ |
| reconstructionCompleted | 1952 ⓘ |
| recordsArchiveCoverage | 1674–1913 ⓘ |
| region | Greater London ⓘ |
| replaced | Newgate Prison ⓘ |
| shortName | Old Bailey self-link ⓘ |
| statueMaterial | gilded bronze ⓘ |
| streetAddress | Old Bailey, London EC4M 7EH ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old Bailey Description of subject: The Old Bailey is London's historic central criminal court, renowned for hosting many of the city's most significant and high-profile trials.
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Horace Rumpole
this entity surface form:
Old Bailey (Central Criminal Court)
this entity surface form:
Old Bailey street
this entity surface form:
Old Bailey Proceedings Online
this entity surface form:
the Old Bailey
this entity surface form:
Old Bailey, London
this entity surface form:
Old Bailey (Central Criminal Court) vicinity
this entity surface form:
Old Bailey Central Criminal Court
this entity surface form:
Old Bailey courthouse
this entity surface form:
Old Bailey Sessions House