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Ashdon Lock-Up

Overview

Location   Crown Hill, near telephone box (north of junction with Radwinter Road),  Ashdon

County   Essex

Year Opened   Unknown

Year Closed   Before 1914

Remarks   Demolished. 'Removed before the First World War' (Uttlesford District Council).

Further information can be found at
https://www.prisonhistory.org/lockup/ashdon-lock-up/

Descriptions

  • 'Crown Hill'. 'near the present telephone box'.'
    Roy's Blog, 'ESSEX. Lock-ups at Roydon, St Osyth, Steeple Bumpstead, Thaxted and Tollesbury.' (26 June 2013)

  • 'The existing Conservation Area boundary is shown on late 19th century mapping at Figure 1 [1877 OS map]. As can be seen the extent of the village was much smaller and had considerable tree cover. Note locations of Old Gravel Pits to the north; the location of two Smithies’; the location of the Post Office at that time and the presence of a Lock Up. Local sources advise the latter had been removed before the First World War.'
    Uttlesford District Council, 'Ashdon Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Proposals, Approved January 2013', p.14, p.35.

Sources

  • Roy's Blog, 'ESSEX. Lock-ups at Roydon, St Osyth, Steeple Bumpstead, Thaxted and Tollesbury.' (26 June 2013)
    http://roys-roy.blogspot.com/2013/06/lock-ups-at-roydon-steeple-bumpstead.html
  • Uttlesford District Council, 'Ashdon Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Proposals, Approved January 2013', p.14, p.35.
    https://www.uttlesford.gov.uk/media/1916/Ashdon-Conservation-Area-Appraisal/pdf/Ashdon_CAA_20_Jan_2013_Low_res.pdf