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From: "Steve Papworth" <>
Subject: RE: [FoD] Where is Bridewell?
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 00:28:43 +0000
In-Reply-To: <MBBBLFGMECGAHACNEBKJGEFBOPAA.graham_pointon@lineone.net>


Graham,

Many thanks for providing us all with further clarification and eductaion.
I didn't know (until now) where the Bridewell word came from, and "The
Clink" was also new information. In both cases, a specific establishment
has come to have a generic meaning - like "bedlam" as well, I believe

Cheers.....Steve

>From: "Graham Pointon" <>
>To:
>Subject: RE: [FoD] Where is Bridewell?
>Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:42:51 +0100
>
>This is the beginning of the entry for "Bridewell" in Wikipedia:
>"Bridewell Palace, London, was a residence of Henry VIII, later a poorhouse
>and prison. The name has come to be synonymous with
>police stations and detention facilities in England and Ireland."
>Similarly, "the Clink" was a specific prison in London before it became a
>slang term for any prison.
>Graham
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Steve Papworth [mailto:]
>Sent: 25 July 2006 01:09
>To:
>Subject: RE: [FoD] Where is Bridewell?
>
>
>Bridewell is an old word for a police station or jail. So anywhere there
>is
>or was a police station could be called Bridewell. (The central
>policestation in Bristol, in Lewins Mead, was always known as Briodewell).
>
>Hope that may help....Steve
>
> >From: "sylvia morgan" <>
> >To:
> >Subject: [FoD] Where is Bridewell?
> >Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:01:51 +0000
> >
> >Hi Can anyone please tell me where Bridewell is?
> >Sylvia
> >
> >
> >
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