bridewell

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bridewell

a house of correction or jail particularly for minor offences.

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Written and directed by Franki Le-Voguer, of Bespectacled Theatre Company, the show runs from October 19 to 22 at the Bridewell Studios in Prescot Street.

Former police station hosts Hallowe'en event; JAMIE McLOUGHLIN LOOKS FORWARD TO SOME SPOOKY GOINGS-ON AT THE PRESCOT STREET BRIDEWELL - BUT BE READY TO RUN!

Bridewell had his ups and downs in 2014 and said: "When I look back on the whole season it's been a massively emotional year.

Milwaukee end the British Superbike Championship year in style

Bridewells were not pleasant places, and they were not even run efficiently.

A house of gain; Chris Upton tells the story of a Gloucestershire prison which was the blueprint for penal reform across the country in the 1790s

But Niblett, Hillier and Bridewell were too busy fighting for second, third and fourth places to worry about anything else.

MOTOR CYCLING: Niblett finishes with a flourish

He was placed in solitary confinement for three years in Bridewell until the general amnesty of 1659.

The Sorrows of the Quaker Jesus: James Nayler and the Puritan Crackdown on the Free Spirit

But we now know from the Bridewell Hospital court books that Long Meg was indeed a real person, named Margaret Barnes, and that she kept a suspected bawdy house at Westminster in the mid-sixteenth century.

'Long Meg of Westminster': a mystery solved

There were several built through the era; Athol Street, Essex Street and Rose Hill were a few, but the most notable survivor must be the Argyle Street Bridewell, a stone's throw from Liverpool One.

Special place for Dickens; pastlife

The Bridewell, in Donaghadee, Co Down, was once home to the Royal Irish Constabulary has been refurbed, revamped and restyled.

Coffee shop ready to cell seven days

MOTORCYCLING: Tommy Bridewell and Stuart Easton took the victories in a dramatic third round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park.

Club retires shirt number after tragedy; SPORT IN BRIEF

Josh Brookes and Tommy Bridewell currently hold third and fourth place in the overall standings respectively and are separated by just two points ahead of the final three races of the season.

Milwaukee aim to end the season in style; SUPERBIKES

But they did voice concerns about some of the cells at the Leeds Bridewell, and the provision for women.

Cells are praised in report

Hospitality chiefs spoke out after the sudden closure of Jalons Bridewell, on Campbell Square, in the city centre.