Clerkenwell Bridewell

Clerkenwell Bridewell 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north of the City of London (in the modern London Borough of Islington), between c.1615 and 1794, when it was superseded by the nearby Coldbath Fields Prison in Mount Pleasant. 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.

Clerkenwell Bridewell
LocationClerkenwell
StatusClosed
Opened1615 (1615)
Closed1794 (1794)
Notable prisoners
John Robins (prophet)[1]

Next-door was another prison, the New Prison (1617-1877).[2] 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.[3]

Notable inmates
  • John Robins (prophet) (fl. 1650–1652), released after signing a recantation against his former blasphemy.
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References
  1. 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.
  2. John Costella (7 January 2014). Walk with Me Charles Dickens. AuthorHouse. pp. 228–. ISBN 978-1-4918-8913-8.
  3. 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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