Newgate Street
E381464
Newgate Street is a historic thoroughfare in the City of London, known for its proximity to St Paul’s Cathedral and the former site of Newgate Prison.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Newgate Street canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3385560 — 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: Newgate Street Context triple: [St Paul’s Underground station, nearbyStreet, Newgate Street]
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A.
Thurloe Street
Thurloe Street is a street in South Kensington, London, known for its proximity to major museums and its entrance to South Kensington Underground station.
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B.
Caxton Street
Caxton Street is a street in Westminster, central London, known for housing the historic Caxton Hall building.
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C.
Threadneedle Street
Threadneedle Street is a historic street in the City of London best known as the long-standing home of the Bank of England and a major center of the UK’s financial district.
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D.
Shuter Street
Shuter Street is a major east–west thoroughfare in downtown Toronto, Ontario, known for running through the city’s core cultural and commercial district.
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E.
Longwall Street
Longwall Street is a historic street in central Oxford, England, known for its proximity to the High Street and several University of Oxford colleges.
- 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: Newgate Street Target entity description: Newgate Street is a historic thoroughfare in the City of London, known for its proximity to St Paul’s Cathedral and the former site of Newgate Prison.
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A.
Thurloe Street
Thurloe Street is a street in South Kensington, London, known for its proximity to major museums and its entrance to South Kensington Underground station.
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B.
Caxton Street
Caxton Street is a street in Westminster, central London, known for housing the historic Caxton Hall building.
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C.
Threadneedle Street
Threadneedle Street is a historic street in the City of London best known as the long-standing home of the Bank of England and a major center of the UK’s financial district.
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D.
Shuter Street
Shuter Street is a major east–west thoroughfare in downtown Toronto, Ontario, known for running through the city’s core cultural and commercial district.
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E.
Longwall Street
Longwall Street is a historic street in central Oxford, England, known for its proximity to the High Street and several University of Oxford colleges.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
street
ⓘ
thoroughfare ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Newgate Prison ⓘ |
| category |
History of the City of London
ⓘ
Streets in the City of London ⓘ |
| continuesAs | Holborn Viaduct ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasBuilding | One New Change (nearby retail and office complex) ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | historic street ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
Cheapside, City of London
ⓘ
surface form:
Cheapside
Giltspur Street ⓘ King Edward Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Bailey ⓘ Warwick Lane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyLandmark |
Old Bailey
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Bailey courthouse
Paternoster Square development ⓘ St Paul's Cathedral ⓘ
surface form:
St Paul’s Cathedral
site of former Newgate Prison ⓘ |
| historicallyContained | entrance to Newgate Prison ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | medieval London ⓘ |
| knownFor |
proximity to St Paul’s Cathedral
ⓘ
proximity to the former site of Newgate Prison ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
City of London
ⓘ
EC postcode area ⓘ
surface form:
EC1 postal district
England ⓘ London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Newgate (western gate of the City of London) ⓘ |
| near |
Central Criminal Court
ⓘ
Christ Church Greyfriars ⓘ Old Bailey (street) ⓘ Paternoster Square ⓘ St Martin Ludgate ⓘ
surface form:
St Martin-within-Ludgate
|
| orientation | east–west ⓘ |
| passesThrough | historic core of the City of London ⓘ |
| rebuiltAfter | Great Fire of London ⓘ |
| runsNear |
St Paul's Cathedral
ⓘ
surface form:
St Paul’s Cathedral
|
| transportNearby |
City Thameslink station
ⓘ
surface form:
City Thameslink railway station
St Paul’s Underground station ⓘ |
| usedFor |
pedestrian access to City of London offices and shops
ⓘ
road traffic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Newgate Street Description of subject: Newgate Street is a historic thoroughfare in the City of London, known for its proximity to St Paul’s Cathedral and the former site of Newgate Prison.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.