Bridewell (disambiguation)
Bridewell is a common noun meaning jail, (now archaic,) a surname, and the proper name of a number of jails.
Bridewell may refer to:
- Buildings
- Any prison in Britain or its English-speaking former colonies; especially
- Bridewell Palace, London; later a prison, the original "bridewell".
- a village lock-up
- Central Police Station, Bristol, originally a bridewell
- Clerkenwell Bridewell, London
- Tothill Fields Bridewell, Westminster, London
- Wymondham Bridewell, Norfolk
- The Bridewell, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Bridewell (New York City jail)
- Bridewell the former city jail of Chicago
- Bridewell Garda Station, Cork
- Bridewell Garda Station, Dublin
- People
- Ollie Bridewell (1985–2007) British motorcycle racer
- Tommy Bridewell (b.1988) British motorcycle racer
- Other
- The Bridewells aka The Bridewell Taxis, Leeds-based British indie rock group active from 1987 to 1993
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.