plans
for a new Lock-up House for Presteigne.
The building was to be built..."..in a proper workmanlike and substantial manner ... on a piece of land near the Gaol in the said Town of Presteigne..."
| Plans for a new Lock-up in Presteigne | ||
| The
official records of the Quarter Sessions
held in 1843 include plans
for a new Lock-up House for Presteigne.
The building was to be built... "..in a proper workmanlike and substantial manner ... on a piece of land near the Gaol in the said Town of Presteigne..." |
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Quarter
Sessions document 1843 |
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The "Lock-up"
was a small but solidly built structure, usually made of stone or brick,
which was used in small towns over many years to hold people who had been
arrested for a crime. More about the proposed Lock-up...
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