3-10 Market Place, Banbury, Oxfordshire

This building (centre) was built in c1610 as a Wool Hall. It was used for trading wool until c1642. It then became Banbury Gaol. It was a jail from c1649 - 1852.

Location

Oxfordshire Banbury

Period

Stuart (1603 - 1713)

Tags

wool trade hall jail crime punishment Stuart (1603 - 1713)