Nation England
County Devon
Location Junction of Rolle and Market Streets Exmouth
Map location exact or closely approximate
Year opened unknown
Year closed unknown
Century of Operation 1800-1899
Building Type Lock-Up
Remarks Demolished.
'Leslie Brooke re-tells the story of Isaac Rake, responsible for law and order in Exmouth during the 1840s, who 'finding a Frenchman drunk in charge of a dancing bear, he locked both of them in the diminutive clink standing close to the junction of Rolle and Market Streets. Making a class late at night to ensure the security of his prisoners, Isaac was fondly embraced by the bear, while its owner remained in a drunken sleep, and only be rousing the neighbourhood with his shouts was his release secured. Isaac at once escorted man and bear out of the town and warned them not to return!' '
Leslie Brooke, Some West-Country Lock-Ups (Castle Cary, Fox Publications, 1985), p. 7
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