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slewis
10-08-2010, 04:33 PM
Hello all
can you please help, I am looking for photo's or infomation about the bridewell at Hotham street, Liverpool my 3 great grandfather, was the bridewell keeper and lived in the bridewell keepers house in 1851 there are no records at the record office, if you can help I would very much appreciate it.
Kind regards slewis
JMLE
10-08-2010, 05:03 PM
His name wasn't Henry Cross by any chance?

http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/anfieldinterments.html
dazza
10-08-2010, 06:15 PM
Hotham Street Bridewell.

It was demolished following the expansion of Lime Street Station.

Part extract of 1848-64 OS map [courtesy of LRO].

http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab174/dal8077/HothamSt4.jpg


http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab174/dal8077/HothamSt3-1.jpg
slewis
10-09-2010, 02:37 PM
Hello to you both
And thankyou for your help I really appreciate it, the map is great, sorry his name was not Henry Cross, you were close it was Henry Kelly.
Thankyou again kind regards Slewis
Ged
10-09-2010, 02:41 PM
Wasn't he on 'Going for Gold' ?