Talk:New Gaol, Bristol

"Old City Gaol" or "New Gaol"
Hello all,

I wanted to see who, if anyone, found the title of this page confusing. I understand that this gaol has been superceded by Horfield Prison, so is the old gaol in Bristol, but I've only really seen it referred to in sources as 'The New Gaol' as it was built to take on the inmates of Newgate Prison as well.

Historic records at Bristol Archives fairly consistently name it 'New Gaol' ( for example), and it seems to be known mostly as 'The New Gaol' in modern publications

I welcome your thoughts.

BRO MarkS (talk) 15:13, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I think when I started this I used the title given by English Heritage (now historic England) in the official listing info (see entry on Images of England and more recently the entry on the national heritage list for England). I would have no objection to moving the article (which maintains the edit history), if that is the "common name", but you might like to nominate for Requested moves first to enable a wider range of editors to comment. &mdash; Rod talk 17:09, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

Requested move 12 December 2016

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The result of the move request was: page moved per consensus above. Andrewa (talk) 16:00, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Old City Gaol, Bristol → New Gaol, Bristol – I understand that this gaol has been superceded by Horfield Prison, so is the old gaol in Bristol, but I've only really seen it referred to in sources as 'The New Gaol' as it was built to take on the inmates of Newgate Prison as well.

Historic records at Bristol Archives fairly consistently name it 'New Gaol' ( for example), and it seems to be known mostly as 'The New Gaol' in modern publications, including references used in the article itself. BRO MarkS (talk) 09:53, 12 December 2016 (UTC)


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