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Wincanton Lock-up

Overview

Location   west side of town hall  Wincanton

County   Somerset

Year Opened   1791

Year Closed   c.1856

Century of Operation   1700-1799, 1800-1899

Remarks   Leslie Brooke states that the lock-up ceased to be used after the provision of a police station in Wincanton.

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

Description

  • 'a damp, dark, filthy hole, entered by descending two or three steps from the Market House, and was some 7 or 8 feet square'
    Leslie Brooke, Some West-Country Lock-Ups (Castle Cary, Fox Publications, 1985), pp. 14-15

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. 14-15