Alnwick Town Gaol

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Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1812}

Date closed   {1812}

Location   Bond-Gate Tower   Alnwick

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Northumberland

Critical Remarks

The 1835 Royal Commission found no borough gaol in Alnwick.

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1812}

Date closed   {1812}

Location   Bond-Gate Tower   Alnwick

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   55.412801  Long.   -1.7052566

County   Northumberland

Critical Remarks

The 1835 Royal Commission found no borough gaol in Alnwick.

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.8
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 3 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIV.1), p.1419