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Walker Street - Debtors Gaol
Debtor's Gaol
The site of the Debtors Gaol today
The building now occupied by the Lloyds TSB Bank stands on the site of a house and carpenter's workshop that in 1840 belonged to Robert Garbett. Between 1828 and 1844, Garbett was the Gaoler of the Bradford Hundred Court Prison, which was situated here on his property. The Gaol housed individuals who were unable to pay their debts in civil cases held at the court, which was also located in Walker Street at the beginning of the Victorian era and sat fortnightly, although actual trials were heard only twice a year.