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Description: | 1st June 2007.
A view along the length of the police holding cells in the basement in the Town Hall. These Victorian holding cells were added to the building in 1864, when Leeds became an Assizes Town. The shape of the front steps was also changed to accommodate the new cells, instead of being straight across, they curved outwards. There are three intact cells left with original features. They would originally have had 4 prisoners in. Each cell had a wooden bench, and shackle rings for wrists and ankles fastened to the bench and the wall. The cells are small and dark, with stone flagged floors, whitewashed walls, and no windows. These cells were condemned in 1905 and later used for police storage. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | cells Bridewell Town Hall police station | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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