Dewesbury Lock Up House

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Overview

Nation   England

County   Yorkshire

Location   courthouse  Dewsbury

Map location   in the vicinity

Year opened   c1847

Year closed   unknown

Century of Operation   1800-1899

Building Type   Courthouse

Description

'This is a new lock up house, consisting of eight cells, and forming part of the ground floor of a building, containing a court room and accommodation for a resident keeper. The building is at the outskirts of the town, and the site is unobjectionable ... The cells are dry. They are lighted by glazed windows looking into a yard belonging to the lock up house, and are warmed and ventilated by Hadens apparatus, on a similar plan, apparently, to Pentonville Prison. The air in the only cell that was occupied at the time of my visit was close, but the prisoner who occupied it had not washed himself since his admission, two days before; and this might in part account for the impurity of the air. The fittings in some of the cells were not complete.'

Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Northern District, Thirteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXVI.361), p.100

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    Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Northern District, Thirteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXVI.361), p.100

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