Long description

On the left: This is a black and white drawing of an open-fronted wooden cabinet. Suspended from hooks on its rear wall are a range of metal chains and fetters, with an axe propped behind them. Leather straps hang from the hooks on the side walls. On the right: This is a photograph of a printed rule book, identified as the ‘Rules for the Governance of the Gaol and House of Correction for the County of Durham’.