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Description: | 1st June 2007.
View of one of the Victorian cells in the basement of Leeds Town Hall. There are three cells and each one differs slightly from the others. The cells were built under the front steps of the Town Hall in 1864. The shape of the steps had to change to accommodate the new cells, instead of being straight across, they curved outwards. Each cell had a wooden bench, and shackle rings for wrists and ankles fastened to the bench and the wall. The cells, which are still there to-day, are small and dark, with stone flagged floors, whitewashed walls, and no windows. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Bridewell cell Town Hall police station gaol | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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