IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Frithfield Lane, BA4 5FQ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Frithfield Lane, BA4 5FQ by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (226 Images Found)
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Gaol Lane, Shepton Mallett
The perimeter wall on the gaol on the left.
Image: © Jonathan Thacker
Taken: 23 Sep 2021
0.03 miles
2
Entrance to HMP Shepton Mallet
The visitors' entrance to HMP Shepton Mallet, facing Gaol Lane. The Prison closed on 28th March 2013. Like many old prisons it had an unsavoury history which reflected attitudes to crime and criminals in previous centuries. There was a significant number of executions carried out at the prison, including during the Second World War when ten U.S. black soldiers were amongst 18 to suffer execution. The proportion of black soldiers in the US Army was about 10%.
Image: © Tom Jolliffe
Taken: 26 Mar 2007
0.04 miles
3
The high wall of HMP Shepton Mallet
The forbidding stone wall of HMP Shepton Mallett, one of the oldest prisons. In the war, it was handed over to the US forces and executions of black soldiers took place there, who had been found guilty of desertion. It is said that bullet holes can still be found in the walls inside the prison.
Image: © Tom Jolliffe
Taken: 26 Mar 2007
0.05 miles
4
Looking within at those without
H.M.P. Shepton Mallet, also known as Cornhill, once provided a treadmill that held forty inmates. The power created by them was used to run a flour mill until 1890. See Image] for another view.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 30 Jul 2012
0.05 miles
5
Benchmark on the nick
Shepton Mallet has long had a place of detention, and this benchmark has been in place since the nineteenth century. See http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm45334 in the Benchmark Database and Image] for a wider view.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 30 Jul 2012
0.05 miles
6
North entrance to Shepton Mallet prison
It's had a long and notable history, from its founding after the King James I act of 1609 to the present day. This is the north entrance, or exit - depending on your point of view. See Image] for the walls and Image] for a benchmark on the left of the doorway.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 30 Jul 2012
0.05 miles
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No cold callers
The unapologetic exterior of Britain's oldest working prison, now holding category 'C' lifers. Apart from a brief closure in the 1930s this house of detention has held many inmates in its time, seen many escape attempts and held executions (several of which were military). See Image] for another look.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 30 Jul 2012
0.05 miles
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Gaol Lane, Shepton Mallett
The perimeter wall of the gaol on the right.
Image: © Jonathan Thacker
Taken: 23 Sep 2021
0.05 miles
9
Shepton Mallet: Leg Square
With the chimney of Town Mill on the left. The building seen through the gap to the right of the lamp post is a wing of Shepton Mallet gaol, built in 1817-1822
Image: © Martin Bodman
Taken: 21 Sep 2008
0.06 miles
10
Churchyard, St Peter and St Paul, Shepton Mallet
Early morning sunshine in the churchyard
Image: © Tom Jolliffe
Taken: 26 Mar 2007
0.06 miles