Frome Guardhouse

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Overview

Nation   England

County   Somerset

Location   market-place end of town bridge  Frome

Map location   exact or closely approximate

Year opened   unknown

Year closed   unknown

Century of Operation   1700-1799, 1800-1899

Building Type   Lock-Up

Remarks   Leslie Brooke explains that a guardhouse with cells which later served the purpose of a blindhouse with shelter for the town watch existed at the market-place end of the town bridge. Later became a public toilet before being demolished. In his book, Brooke provides a sketch from an old photograph.

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SOURCES

    Leslie Brooke, Some West-Country Lock-Ups (Castle Cary, Fox Publications, 1985), pp. 11, 59 (sketch)

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