Bridewell

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bridewell \Bride"well\, n.
     A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly
     persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St.
     Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was
     subsequently a penal workhouse.
     [1913 Webster]