Launceston Town Bridewell

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Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1760

Date closed   {1812}

Location   Dockacre Road   Launceston

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Cornwall

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1760

Date closed   {1812}

Location   Dockacre Road   Launceston

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   50.6386765  Long.   -4.3606679

County   Cornwall

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Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.332