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bridewell

[ brahyd-wel, -wuhl ]

noun

British.
  1. a prison.


bridewell

/ -wəl; ˈbraɪdˌwɛl /

noun

  1. a house of correction; jail, esp for minor offences
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of bridewell1

First recorded in 1545–55; after a prison that formerly stood near the church of St. Bride in London
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of bridewell1

C16: after Bridewell (originally, St Bride's Well ), a house of correction in London
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But later that evening the protest turned violent outside Bridewell Street police station in the city centre.

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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.

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Ryan Roberts, 25, from Easton in the city was part of a protest outside Bridewell police station on 21 March.

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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.

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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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