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{{Short description|Former prison in Clerkenwell, London}} |
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| ⚫ | '''Clerkenwell Bridewell''' was a [[prison]] located in the [[Clerkenwell]] area of |
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| prisoners = [[John Robins (prophet)]]<ref name="Barrow1980">{{cite book|author=Andrew Barrow|title=The Flesh is Weak: An Intimate History of the Church of England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vpg9AAAAYAAJ|date=1 January 1980|publisher=H. Hamilton|isbn=978-0-241-10234-3}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | '''Clerkenwell Bridewell''' (also known as 'Clerkenwell House of Correction') was a [[prison]] and correctional institute for prostitutes and vagrants located in the [[Clerkenwell]] area, immediately north of the [[City of London]] (in the modern [[London Borough of Islington]]), between c. 1615 and 1794. It was named 'Bridewell' after the [[Bridewell Palace]], which during the 16th century had become one of the [[City of London]]'s most important prisons. |
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In 1615 the Middlesex Commission of the Peace bought land in Clerkenwell to the north of Clerkenwell Green to build a new county prison. The house of correction known as the New Prison or Clerkenwell Bridewell was built on part of the site to take overspill from the City of London prisons. In 1663-4 a workhouse was built on the north side of the prison as a workhouse for a union or ‘corporation’ of Middlesex parishes, but this was defunct by 1675. After the Bridewell burnt down in 1679, the prison was moved into part of the workhouse. The rest of the workhouse had become the Quaker Workhouse by 1700. By the 1790s the workhouse had closed and the dilapidated Bridewell had been superseded by the new [[Coldbath Fields Prison]] in Mount Pleasant (also known as 'House of Correction at Cold Bath Fields').<ref name="LMA">{{cite web |url= https://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/RESEARCH_GUIDES/web_detail_rg/SISN+80?SESSIONSEARCH|title= Research Guide 59 - Prison Records|author=<!--Not stated--> |website= London Metropolitan Archives|access-date= 15 April 2023|quote=}} </ref> |
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Next-door was another prison, the [[New Prison]], built in around 1617. Today, the site of the New Prison and the Clerkenwell Bridewell is occupied by the former [[Hugh Myddleton]] School (1893-c.1960), in Bowling Green Lane. |
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Next door was another prison, the [[New Prison]] (1617–1877).<ref name="Costella2014">{{cite book|author=John Costella|title=Walk with Me Charles Dickens|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-VGJAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA228|date=7 January 2014|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=978-1-4918-8913-8|pages=228–}}</ref> The Clerkenwell House of Detention, also known simply as [[Clerkenwell Prison]], was built on the site of the two former prisons. Today, the site is occupied by the former Hugh Myddleton School (1893 – c. 1960), in Bowling Green Lane, which has now been converted into flats. The Victorian vaults of the House of Detention can still be accessed from Clerkenwell Close.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Christopher Hibbert|author2=Ben Weinreb|author3=John Keay|author4=Julia Keay|title=The London Encyclopaedia |edition=3rd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xa0D0PqiwfEC&pg=PA194|date=9 September 2011|publisher=Pan Macmillan|isbn=978-0-230-73878-2|pages=194}}</ref> |
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==Notable inmates== |
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*[[John Robins (prophet)]] (fl. 1650–1652), released after signing a recantation against his former blasphemy. |
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Latest revision as of 18:24, 18 April 2023
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| Location | Clerkenwell |
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| Status | Closed |
| Opened | 1615 |
| Closed | 1794 |
| City | London |
| Notable prisoners | |
| John Robins (prophet)[1] | |
Clerkenwell Bridewell (also known as 'Clerkenwell House of Correction') was a prison and correctional institute for prostitutes and vagrants located in the Clerkenwell area, immediately north of the City of London (in the modern London Borough of Islington), between c. 1615 and 1794. It was named 'Bridewell' after the Bridewell Palace, which during the 16th century had become one of the City of London's most important prisons.
In 1615 the Middlesex Commission of the Peace bought land in Clerkenwell to the north of Clerkenwell Green to build a new county prison. The house of correction known as the New Prison or Clerkenwell Bridewell was built on part of the site to take overspill from the City of London prisons. In 1663-4 a workhouse was built on the north side of the prison as a workhouse for a union or ‘corporation’ of Middlesex parishes, but this was defunct by 1675. After the Bridewell burnt down in 1679, the prison was moved into part of the workhouse. The rest of the workhouse had become the Quaker Workhouse by 1700. By the 1790s the workhouse had closed and the dilapidated Bridewell had been superseded by the new Coldbath Fields Prison in Mount Pleasant (also known as 'House of Correction at Cold Bath Fields').[2]
Next door was another prison, the New Prison (1617–1877).[3] The Clerkenwell House of Detention, also known simply as Clerkenwell Prison, was built on the site of the two former prisons. Today, the site is occupied by the former Hugh Myddleton School (1893 – c. 1960), in Bowling Green Lane, which has now been converted into flats. The Victorian vaults of the House of Detention can still be accessed from Clerkenwell Close.[4]
Notable inmates
[edit]- John Robins (prophet) (fl. 1650–1652), released after signing a recantation against his former blasphemy.
References
[edit]- ^ Andrew Barrow (1 January 1980). The Flesh is Weak: An Intimate History of the Church of England. H. Hamilton. ISBN 978-0-241-10234-3.
- ^ "Research Guide 59 - Prison Records". London Metropolitan Archives. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ John Costella (7 January 2014). Walk with Me Charles Dickens. AuthorHouse. pp. 228–. ISBN 978-1-4918-8913-8.
- ^ Christopher Hibbert; Ben Weinreb; John Keay; Julia Keay (9 September 2011). The London Encyclopaedia (3rd ed.). Pan Macmillan. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-230-73878-2.
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