Exeter Bridewell

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Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   unknown

Date closed   [1819]

Location   Goldsmith Street   Exeter

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Devon

Critical Remarks

Location information and dates unknown for this prison. Presumably closed with the opening of the new City Gaol and Bridewell in Queen Street (ID 96).

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   unknown

Date closed   [1819]

Location   Goldsmith Street   Exeter

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   50.7244586  Long.   -3.5087118

County   Devon

Critical Remarks

Location information and dates unknown for this prison. Presumably closed with the opening of the new City Gaol and Bridewell in Queen Street (ID 96).

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -  

Daily Greatest number   -   8

Principal Primary Sources

  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.10