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Devizes County House of Corrections information


HMP Devizes House of County Corrections
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LocationDevizes, Wiltshire
Coordinates51°21′08″N 2°00′37″W / 51.35217°N 2.01040°W / 51.35217; -2.01040
Population710
Opened1810
Closed1921
Former nameHM Prison Devizes
Managed byHM Prison Services

The Devizes County House of Corrections or Devizes Prison was a correctional facility in Devizes, Wiltshire, England. It opened in 1817, replacing the Old Bridewell prison, and fell out of use after around a hundred years. For a time it was the only prison in Wiltshire.

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The Devizes County House of Corrections or Devizes Prison was a correctional facility in Devizes, Wiltshire, England. It opened in 1817, replacing the...

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Brownston House (or Brownstone House) is a Grade I listed building on New Park Street, Devizes, Wiltshire, England, dating from the beginning of the 18th...

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Richard Ingleman

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prison projects: the rebuilding of Devizes New Bridewell and the Fisherton Anger House of Correction in Salisbury. The Devizes New Bridewell was started in...

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County town

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the county gaol and house of correction were situated; summer assizes were held at Abingdon, which was the site of the county bridewell. Knights of the...

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South West England

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Partners make Shredded Wheat and Shreddies at Staverton, near Trowbridge. In Devizes is the Wadworth Brewery. Salisbury Cathedral in Salisbury attracts many...

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List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1784

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Journals of the House of Commons. Vol. 40. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1803. pp. 5–451 – via Google Books. Chronological Table of and Index...

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Ernle

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Society Magazine, Devizes, vol. 11, p. 192 & vol. 24, p. 217 Wotton's English Baronetage, vol. 3, p. 217 (for the legend of the migration of the Ernle family...

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Historiography of the Crusades

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in 1191. Richard of Devizes had a source who journeyed as far as Sicily. Ralph de Diceto had a chaplain on the expedition. Ralph of Coggeshall names his...

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List of sources for the Crusades

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of Devizes. Richard of Devizes (fl. 1190) was an English chronicler and monk who wrote Chronicon de rebus gestis Ricardi Primi covering the reign of Richard...

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1991 New Year Honours

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Foreman, Scottish Power. Barbara Marion Glendinning. For services to the Devizes Women's Royal Voluntary Service. Lettice Ursula Godfrey. For services to...

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2010 Birthday Honours

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Centre, University of Leeds. For services to Higher Education. Douglas Harold Michael Western. For services to the community in Devizes, Wiltshire. Richard...

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1981 New Year Honours

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General Secretary, Association of Art Institutions. Miss Helen Elizabeth Awdry. For services to the Orthopaedic Clinic, Devizes. Eric Ball, Area Manager, Huston...

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2002 New Year Honours

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Nethercote Cleland. For services to the Women's Royal Voluntary Service. (Devizes, Wiltshire) Peter John Connor. Divisional manager, Financial Accounting...

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List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1820

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Google Books. Journal of the House of Commons. Vol. 75. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. pp. 3–104. Chronological Table of and Index to the Statutes...

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2003 New Year Honours

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Boyack (Retd.), A.F.C. For services to the Royal Air Forces Association in Devizes and the Royal British Legion, and the community in Potterne, Wiltshire...

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1978 Birthday Honours

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Ferris. For services to the elderly in Devizes. Alexander Ferry, Assistant General Secretary, Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions. Jack...

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