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| gaol, Penrith | ||
| locality:- | Penrith | |
| civil parish:- | Penrith (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | gaol | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5130 (?) | |
| 10Km square:- | NY53 | |
| references:- | Harper 1907 |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Harper 1907 |
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| source data:- | Guidebook, The Manchester and Glasgow Road, by Charles G Harper,
published by Chapman and Hall Ltd, London, 1907. goto sourcePage 131:- "..." "That the Castle was at least once rebuilt seems certain. ... Now the place is a ruin, a condition it owes to the Penrith people themselves, who early in the time of Queen Elizabeth considered they had a more pressing need for a prison than a fortress, and accordingly with thirty loads of stone, erected a very secure, if not very comfortable, gaol. At the same period, Robert Bartram, a merchant of the town, built himself a house from the same materials; and there it stands to this day in the churchyard, inscribed "R. B. 1563."" |
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