Abingdon Borough Gaol

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Overview

Alternative Names   Abingdon Town Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1812}

Date closed   {1840}

Location   prison is the old gateway   Abingdon

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Berkshire

Critical Remarks

Last mentioned in 1840 Return.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Abingdon Town Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1812}

Date closed   {1840}

Location   prison is the old gateway   Abingdon

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.669847  Long.   -1.2816925

County   Berkshire

Critical Remarks

Last mentioned in 1840 Return.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   2

Daily Greatest number   -   2

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   4

Daily Greatest number   -   2

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.7
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.2
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.4
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 1 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIII.1), p.5