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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(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.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A house of correction in Blackfriars, London, so called from St. Bridget's well, near it.
