old english gaol/lock-up

[iansterling]

what is the name for an old english gaol, used to lock up adulterous women

[boxtops]

I din't know it had a particular name?

[Celticv11]

Chequers? :)

[boxtops]

anyone in mind, celtic?

[dzug2]

bridewell?

[douglas9401]

Bridewell

[factor-fiction]

Does the clue ask for the name FOR or the name OF- i.e are we looking for the name of one such institution or a term used to for such institutions?

[emmie]

Holloway Prison has been female only for at least 100 years, but i don't think there was a designated goal for women who committed adultery, except perhaps the asylums that abounded, which would lock women away for having a child out of wedlock.

[emmie]

not according to this, it was a mixed prison.
http://www.londonlive.../static/Bridewell.jsp

[douglas9401]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridewell

Third paragraph

[emmie]

disorderly usually meant drunk. It doesn't say adulterous.