Oxford Prison - A Wing Plaque - Oxon
Posted by: Norfolk12
N 51° 45.126 W 001° 15.774
30U E 619906 N 5734894
A silver plaque part of the Oxford Preservation Trust,
In this historic city.
Waymark Code: WMDDRW
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/31/2011
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This is on the wall inside the Castle at Oxford , which was once a prison ,now a Complex with Hotel and restaurants.
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Inscription on Plaque
PRISON
A WING
[1852- 56]
Modelled on Pentonville prison, a central space
was surrounded by 150 identical cells each
housing a single prisoner, held in isolation.
When closed in 1996 up to 3 men shared a cell.
in 2006 it opened as a hotel.