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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… recommended by the philanthropist Howard: the county bridewell, a spacious structure in Hyde-street, was built in … the groining of the arch. On the site of the abbey a new bridewell has been erected, in digging the foundations of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… or publican. In 1834 one of them was keeper of the city bridewell, a customary office in many cities for the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… have been poorhouses or workhouses. 132 The Witney bridewell had spinning wheels and cards in 1766. 133 Products … ibid. DA I/v/8. Rec. Witney, 3 (Apr. 1978), 1517; for the bridewell, below, local govt. (policing: prisons). A. Young, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… at the bishop's expense. 157 A house of correction or bridewell, financed by the county, was opened at Witney about … Oxford, were reimbursed by the justices. 161 At first the bridewell stood apparently on the east side of High Street, … site by the market place perhaps about 1743 when the 'new bridewell' was mentioned. That building became the Three …
A History of the County of Oxford
… up in 1666 and several of its members sent to the Witney bridewell, 78 and some Witney members were in prison in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and lofty edifice of brick. On an adjacent eminence is the bridewell, rebuilt in 1804. The parish comprises upwards of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… when he visited the city in 1788. The city gaol and bridewell was built in 1824, at an expense of 12,578; the …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Watson Charles Faulkner, keeper of the Worcestershire bridewell. Ref.110 BA1/1/521/31 (1790) Worcestershire bridewell July 13th 1790 To the worshipful the justices of … humble petition of Charles Faulkner keeper of the above bridewell humbly sheweth That the above prison being …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… 1790s Charles Faulkner, keeper of the Worcestershire bridewell. Ref.110 BA1/1/521/31 (1790) Worcestershire bridewell July 13th 1790 To the worshipful the justices of … humble petition of Charles Faulkner keeper of the above bridewell humbly sheweth That the above prison being …
Alumni Oxonienses
… to the Duke of Beaufort 1706, preacher 1698, and master of Bridewell 1713, prebendary of the Deans, Lower Hayne and …