Basingstoke Bridewell

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Overview

Alternative Names   Basingstoke Cage

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1812}

Date closed   {1818}

Location   adjoining the courthouse   Basingstoke

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Hampshire

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Basingstoke Cage

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1812}

Date closed   {1818}

Location   adjoining the courthouse   Basingstoke

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   51.263685  Long.   -1.0984496

County   Hampshire

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Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.25
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.19