What is a Bridewell (General)
A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; - so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) Well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.
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A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; - so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) Well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.
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