Swanage: the old gaol
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Swanage: the old gaol
Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 11 Apr 2015
The small old lockup stands immediately behind Image], and was built in 1803 according to the inscription above the door: "Erected for the Prevention of Vice & Immorality by the Friends of Religion and good Order, A.D. 1803"
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Image Location
Latitude
50.608369
Longitude
-1.959247