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Bruton Lock-up

Overview

Location   rear of cottage, adjoining National School playground  Bruton

County   Somerset

Year Opened   unknown

Year Closed   unknown

Century of Operation   1800-1899

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

Description

  • '...although [the lock-up] had fallen into disuse, it was still extant in 1872 when an unsuccessful appeal was made for its preservation. The small building was situated at the rear of a cottage near to the school playground.'
    Roy's Blog, 'SOMERSET. Lock-up at Wrington and demolished lock-up detail.' (13 July 2013) (http://roys-roy.blogspot.com/2013/07/somerset-lock-up-at-wrington.html)

Sources

  • Roy's Blog, 'SOMERSET. Lock-up at Wrington and demolished lock-up detail.' (13 July 2013)
    http://roys-roy.blogspot.com/2013/07/somerset-lock-up-at-wrington.html
  • Leslie Brooke, Some West-Country Lock-Ups (Castle Cary, Fox Publications, 1985), pp. 10-11