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Bradford on Avon Lock Up
Heritage Open Day: Curious about what the lock up looks like inside? Now's your chance to find out!
No need to book – just come by the town bridge and explore. Curious about what the lock up looks like inside? Now's your chance to find out!
No need to book – just come by the town bridge and explore.
The bridge and the lock up date back to the 13th century and were originally noted by John Aubrey as a chapel. It was used as a blindhouse or lock up in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Local historian Ivor Slocombe explains that the chapel was rebuilt in the early 18th century into a single room, and later modified in the 19th century to include 2 secure cells with iron doors and beds.
Thu 12 Sep:1200-1400; Fri 13 Sep:1200-1400; Sat 14 Sep:1200-1400; Free Entry.
Bradford On Avon Lock Up, Bridge Street, Town Bridge, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire BA15 1BY
Thu 12 Sep to Sat 14 September
Website:
www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event//world-heritage-open-days-town-bridge-lock-up.html