Poole Bridewell

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Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   pre 1800

Date closed   {1812}

Location   in the backyard of the workhouse, West Street   Poole

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Dorset

Critical Remarks

Likely located at the West Street workhouse. Listed only by Neild. By 1839 the house of correction was attached to the gaol in King Street (ID 237) and under the management of the same keeper.

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   pre 1800

Date closed   {1812}

Location   in the backyard of the workhouse, West Street   Poole

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   50.7156377  Long.   -1.9896606

County   Dorset

Critical Remarks

Likely located at the West Street workhouse. Listed only by Neild. By 1839 the house of correction was attached to the gaol in King Street (ID 237) and under the management of the same keeper.

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.481