Meaning of "bridewell" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BRIDEWELL

After Bridewell (originally, St Bride's Well), a house of correction in London.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BRIDEWELL

bridewell  [ˈbraɪdˌwɛl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRIDEWELL

Bridewell is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BRIDEWELL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bridewell Palace

Coordinates: 51°30′42.46″N 0°6′20.73″W / 51.5117944°N 0.1057583°W / 51.5117944; -0.1057583 "The Prospect of Bridewell" from John Strype's An Accurate Edition of Stow's "A Survey of London" Bridewell Palace in London was built as a residence of King Henry VIII and was one of his homes early in his reign for eight years. Given to the City of London Corporation by his son King Edward VI for use as an orphanage and place of correction for wayward women, Bridewell later became the first prison/poorhouse to have an appointed doctor. It was built on the banks of the Fleet River in the City of London between Fleet Street and the River Thames in an area today known as 'Bridewell Court' off New Bridge Street. By 1556 part of it had became a jail known as Bridewell Prison. It was reinvented with lodgings and was closed in 1855 and the buildings demolished in 1863–1864. The name 'Bridewell' subsequently became an occasionally-used nickname for a police station or prison in England and in Ireland. It was also used as the name of the city jail in Chicago in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Definition of bridewell in the English dictionary

The definition of bridewell in the dictionary is a house of correction; jail, esp for minor offences.

TRANSLATION OF BRIDEWELL

Find out the translation of bridewell to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of bridewell from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bridewell» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 拘留所
• Translator English - Spanish: bridewell
• English: bridewell
• Translator English - Hindi: ब्राइडवेल
• Translator English - Arabic: الإصلاحية
• Translator English - Russian: исправительный дом
• Translator English - Portuguese: bridewell
• Translator English - Bengali: কারাগার
• Translator English - French: Bridewell
• Translator English - Malay: Bridewell
• Translator English - German: Bridewell
• Translator English - Japanese: 刑務所
• Translator English - Korean: bridewell
• Translator English - Javanese: Bridewell
• Translator English - Vietnamese: nhà trừng giới
• Translator English - Tamil: bridewell
• Translator English - Marathi: ब्रिड्वेल
• Translator English - Turkish: ıslahevi
• Translator English - Italian: Bridewell
• Translator English - Polish: Bridewell
• Translator English - Ukrainian: виправний будинок
• Translator English - Romanian: Bridewell
• Translator English - Greek: Bridewell
• Translator English - Afrikaans: bridewell
• Translator English - Swedish: UPPFOSTRINGSANSTALT
• Translator English - Norwegian: Bridewell

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRIDEWELL»

Discover the use of bridewell in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bridewell and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

A Generation of Curses

Khadesia Hill s life could not be better.

Patricia A. Bridewell, Faatima Albasir-Johnson, 2011

Brides from Bridewell: female felons sent to colonial America

An account of American colonial settlement of English female felons in Virginia and Maryland and French female convicts in Louisiana.

Walter Hart Blumenthal, 1973

Bridewell Hospital: Palace, Prison, Schools, from the ...

FACING PAGE NAYLER ENTERING BRISTOL 126 RESCUED FROM THE PLAGUE 136 BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF BRIDEWELL (1755) "44 THE PRECINCT OF BRIDEWELL IN 1677. Survey . . . 152 NORTH GATE OF BRIDEWELL (1676) 15+  ...

Edward Geoffrey O'Donoghue, 1929

Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command

Bridewell. Richmond Bridewell House of Correction. Bantry . ditto. Grangegorman-lane ditto (female). Castletown ditto. Marshal-lane . Four Courts' Marshalsea Charleville . ditto. St. Sepulchre's Manor Prison. Clonakilty ditto. Antrim Belfast .

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1851

THE SESSIONAL PAPERS PRINTED BY ROYAL COMMAND, IN THE ...

CLASS OF PRISON. NORT] 3 DISTRICT. South District — continued. DUBLIN Kilmainham . County Gaol. Cork. . Bandon . . Bridewell. Richmond Bridewell House of Correction. Bantry . ditto. Grangegorman-lane ditto (female). Castletown ditto.

The State of Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales: Not for ...

81 Buckingham, TownGaol 72 Buntingford, Hertfordshire, Bridewell . . . . 83 Bury St. Edmund's, Suflblit, County Gaol, and House of Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Town Bridewell . . . . . . . 89 Caermarlhen, South Wales, County Gaol and ...

James Neild, 2011

State of the prisons in England, Scotland and Wales ...: ...

together with some useful documents, observations, and remarks, adapted to explain and improve the condition of prisoners in general ... James Neild. CYork, City Bridewell 605 St. Peter's Gaol 606 City and Ainsty Gaol 608 Bridewell, ...

James Neild, 1812

A selection of themes, written by the boys in the Bridewell ...

SELECTION OF THEMES, WVRITTEN BY THE BOYS IN THE BRIDEWELL LANE FEOFFMENT SCHOOL, Bury St. Edmund'l, BURY ST. EDMUND'SZ W. FULLER, PRINTER AND BOOKSETLER, BUTTER MARKETII'I"' ' ~-~ - ' n *wugnwww. w ...

Charles WALSHAM, 1860

An account of the principal lazarettos in Europe: with ...

0 0 I Halifax - 4 0 0 Macclesfield - 6 0 0 Haver fordwest □ 3 4 0 Maidstone 31 80 O Hereford - • 6 *5 0 Bridewell 0 0 *S 53 Bridewell 0 0 5 Manchester - 0 0 City 2 0 1 Marlborougb - 0 0 s Hertford • 8 3 0 Middte-ixsicb - 0 0 24 0 Bridewell 0 0 3 ...

John Howard, 1791

Institutional Culture in Early Modern Society

Advocates of reform such as Alderman William Pickett and Councillor Gabriel Leekey, drew on their expertise of enquiries into the City's prisons and workhouses when formulating a revised set of regulations for the inmates of Bridewell's ...

Anne Goldgar, Robert I. Frost, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRIDEWELL»

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Plans go in for new hotel in Liverpool main Bridewell - even though …

Developers have finally asked for permission to convert part of Liverpool city centre's historic Main Bridewell into a hotel - after being accused ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»

Bridewell Joining BMW Motorrad France Team Penz13.com For …

Brit racer Tommy Bridewell is a new addition to the BMW Motorrad ... Bridewell proved to be quick in Endurance racing as well and is the ... «RoadracingWorld.com, Jul 15»

British Superbike ace Shane 'Shakey' Byrne's unshakable at Knockhill

Tommy Bridewell (Tyco BMW) 86, 7. Michael Laverty (Tyco BMW) 76, 8. Dan Linfoot (Honda Racing) 54, 9. Ryuichi Kiyonari (Buildbase BMW) ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»

Knockhill: Laverty angrily reacts to Knockhill penalty

... himself and a Showdown spot and now sits ten points off his Tyco BMW team-mate Tommy Bridewell who is sixth in the riders' championship. «crash.net, Jul 15»

Dorset's new priests and deacons ordained at Salisbury Cathedral

... assistant curate of Dorchester; Dr Janneke Blokland, assistant curate of Marlborough; Ali Bridewell, assistant curate of Bemerton; Margaret ... «Bournemouth Echo, Jul 15»

Child's play: Morrison's lates mines familiar themes around race, family

... her daughter's name, Lula Ann Bridewell, becomes simply Bride; the implications of Bride's lover's name, Booker, reveal themselves later in ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Jul 15»

Car mounted paths during Garda chase

“It is alleged he tried to escape from lawful custody on two occasions [on Thursday] — once after his arrest and once at the Bridewell,” Garda ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»

Susan Elkin: How do schools pick their shows?

These have included The Rover at RADA, Musical Theatre Academy's Sunshine on Leith at the Bridewell Theatre and, from Exeter, Cygnet ... «The Stage, Jul 15»

Southwark's IN THE HEIGHTS Headed to London

... new production of Chicago at Leicester's Curve Theatre and The McOnie Company's inaugural production Drunk at the Bridewell Theatre. «Broadway World, Jul 15»

Andy Reid hoping to be passed fit to race at Knockhill

... of the Carrick man, while Michael Laverty and Tommy Bridewell spearhead the Tyco team's challenge in the MCE British Superbike class. «Belfast Newsletter, Jul 15»