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Blyth Lock Up House

Overview

Location   unknown  Blyth

County   Northumberland

Year Opened   unknown

Year Closed   unknown

Century of Operation   1800-1899

Further information can be found at
https://www.prisonhistory.org/lockup/blyth-lock-up-house/

Description

  • 'This lock up consists of two small cells, each being 6 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 7 1/2 feet high. The cells are apparently dry, but there is no provision for warming them, and they have no windows. They are ventilated by holes in the doors. There is no accommodation for an officer to reside on the spot ... In each cell there was a kind of guard bed. The place was not very clean.'
    Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Northumberland and Durham, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIV.399), p.65

Sources

  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Northumberland and Durham, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIV.399), p.65