South West Heritage Trust

The Museum of Somerset is housed in Taunton Castle which saw quarter sessions and assizes take place here.
Organisation includes Museum of Somerset Rural Life Museum, Devon Archives and Local Studies, Somerset Archives and Local Studies.

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Address: Brunel Way, Norton Fitzwarren TA2 6SF

Gaslit kitchen: The Judge's Lodgings
Bodmin Jail hanging pit
Life mask of Albert Pierrepoint: Wandsworth Prison Museum
Essex Police Museum - death mask of Frederick Browne
Tayside Police Museum
Historic courtroom, Y Gaer, Brenock
Wavertree lockup: Liverpool
Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin
Essex Police Museum - shoes of Camille Holland
Exterior of the prison buildings - Lancaster Castle
"Why?" on the Knife Angel
Dartmoor Prison uniform: Dartmoor Prison Museum
Wandsworth Prison
Cast of Albert Pierrepoint's hands: Wandsworth Prison Museum
Lancashire Police Museum - Dr Ruxton's bathroom
Beaumaris Courthouse - Anglesey
Lancashire Police Museum - male penitentiary wing of Lancaster Castle Prison
Wandsworth Prison Museum
Executioner's equipment: Wandsworth Prison Museum
The Knife Angel