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bridewell
[ brahyd-wel, -wuhl ]
noun
- a prison.
bridewell
/ -wəl; ˈbraɪdˌwɛl /
noun
- a house of correction; jail, esp for minor offences
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of bridewell1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of bridewell1
Example Sentences
But later that evening the protest turned violent outside Bridewell Street police station in the city centre.
York had been attending a vigil for murdered Sarah Everard that afternoon, the court heard, but joined crowds marching to Bridewell police station to demonstrate against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, known as a Kill the Bill protest.
Ryan Roberts, 25, from Easton in the city was part of a protest outside Bridewell police station on 21 March.
He attempted to set fire to a police van with one officer inside near Bridewell Police Station, and was found guilty of attempted arson with intent to endanger life.
And in the same month in Bristol, the Kill the Bill protest against government plans to give police greater powers to control demonstrations, turned into a riot after around 500 people marched on Bridewell police station, setting fire to cars and attacking the building.
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