Lock Up, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
N 51° 54.924 W 002° 35.085
30U E 528560 N 5751710
Lock Up, New Street, Ross-on-Wye
Waymark Code: WMWHHR
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/07/2017
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Plaque text:-
Lock Up The Town's Prison Used between 1838-1844
Mayor's project 1985-86
From the weblink below:-
In 1830 an Improvement Act was passed for "paving, cleaning, draining, lighting, regulating and improving the Town of Ross" and this meant that Ross could have Watchmen and a Lock Up containing two or more cells.
The Lock Up, now known as Old Jail or 'Gaol', was then built on New Street on the site of an old stables in around 1838 and was used between 1838 and 1844 as an actual Lock Up.
Blue Plaque managing agency: Ross Town Council
Individual Recognized: Tow Jail
Physical Address:
New Street
Ross-on-Wye,
Web Address: [Web Link]
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