Hellmarsh

English

Etymology

Blend of hell +‎ Belmarsh. Popularized by Jeffrey Archer, see quotations.

Proper noun

Hellmarsh

1. (slang, derogatory) Synonym of Belmarsh
   • 2002, Jeffrey Archer, quoting Billy Little, A Prison Diary, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 225:

     By this time tomorrow, you'll be sunning it up by the pool, or that's how Springhill will feel in comparison to Hellmarsh.

   • 2020 January 16, Ali Catterall, “TV tonight: Britain's worrying painkiller addiction”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     “Hellmarsh”, as one anonymous prisoner puts it, sums up one of the UK’s most notorious jails nicely, where war criminals rub shoulders with convicted terrorists and gang members.