Andover Borough Gaol

Overview

Details

Records

Overview

Alternative Names   Andover Town Gaol, Andover Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol, Lock Up

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1813

Date closed   [1858]

Location   Winton Street (adjoining workhouse)   Andover

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Hampshire

Critical Remarks

In 1858, converted into a County Police Station.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Andover Town Gaol, Andover Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1813

Date closed   [1858]

Location   Winton Street (adjoining workhouse)   Andover

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   51.203084  Long.   -1.4860996

County   Hampshire

Critical Remarks

In 1858, converted into a County Police Station.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   10

Daily Greatest number   -   5

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   3

Daily Census   -   0

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   62

Daily Greatest number   -   5

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   86

Daily Census   -   0

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   59

Daily Census   -   0

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   48

Daily Daily average   -   0

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   28

Daily Daily average   -   0

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   10

Daily Daily average   -   0

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.10
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.62
  • Eighth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1832), Appendix, p.16
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (1829, XIX.401), p.51
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.5
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 2 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIII.133), p.1086
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837, XXXII.1), p.36; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Third Report (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XXXI.177), p.58; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXV.721), p.76; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.391), p.244; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIV.207), p.149; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Eleventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXI.565), p.220; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Twelfth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXV.1), p.225; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1859, Session 1, XI.169), p.32

Additional Primary Sources

  • William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (Sheffield, 1859), pp. 445-6

Management

Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 37M85/4/AC/32/18 (37M85/6/PR)

Collection: Andover Borough

Description: Andover Borough Council town accounts. Gaol (3 bundles).

Dates: 1707-1831


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 37M85/8/TD/2

Collection: Andover Borough

Description: Corporation deeds for Gaol, conveyance of Gaol and grounds, with plans

Dates: 1860