Gardens · North Wales
HM Prison Shrewsbury
HM Prison Shrewsbury — a garden in wales-north, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
HM Prison Shrewsbury is a garden of interest in wales-north, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
HM Prison Shrewsbury was a category B/C men's prison in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It was decommissioned in March 2013, and is now open to the public. The Victorian prison as seen today sits on top of the original Georgian prison, the remains of which are still accessible underneath the current buildings. The former prison site, on Howard Street, adjacent to Shrewsbury railway station, is near the site of the Dana Gaol, a medieval prison. The name The Dana is still often used for the prison, as well as being the name of the road to one side of the prison and the pedestrian route that runs from near the front of the prison into the town centre via a footbridge over the station.
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Background
History
There has been a prison on the site since 1793, the original building being constructed by Thomas Telford to plans by Shrewsbury architect John Hiram Haycock; the present prison building was constructed in 1877. The prison took female convicts until 1922. For 20 years, Samuel Webster Allen was the Roman Catholic chaplain at the prison before being made the Bishop of Shrewsbury in 1897. Former Wales Rugby Union international player John Strand-Jones was the part-time Church of England chaplain from 1930 to 1934. Between 1902 and 1961 the following seven people were executed by hanging within the walls of HMP Shrewsbury for the crime of murder: The names of their victims and their…
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- Coordinates
- 52.7121, -2.7476
- Address
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire
- Established
- 1793
- Official site
- www.shrewsburyprison.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q5635258 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Shrewsbury Prison (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is HM Prison Shrewsbury?
- HM Prison Shrewsbury is in North Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.7121°, -2.7476°.
- When was HM Prison Shrewsbury built?
- HM Prison Shrewsbury dates to 1793.