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    Liverpool's Prisons

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    Bob Edwards
    , 02-12-2013 at 02:37 PM (Liverpool Picturebook)
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    Liverpool’s first Gaol was Liverpool Tower; the tower was built largely in the 15th century and by the mid-1700s was in such a bad state that prisoners frequently escaped. There is still a small alleyway, next to St Nicholas church called Prison Weint. The alleyway today runs between the rear of Tower Building and St Nicholas Church.

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