Banbury Borough Gaol

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Overview

Alternative Names   Banbury Town Gaol and Bridewell, Banbury Gaol, Banbury House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol & House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1706

Date closed   1852

Location   3-10 Market Place, Banbury   Banbury

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Oxfordshire

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Banbury Town Gaol and Bridewell, Banbury Gaol, Banbury House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1706

Date closed   1852

Location   3-10 Market Place, Banbury   Banbury

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.0621065  Long.   -1.3350618

County   Oxfordshire

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   6

Daily Greatest number   -   4

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   6

Daily Census   -   4

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   19

Daily Greatest number   -   15

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   41

Daily Census   -   0

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   73

Daily Census   -   3

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   49

Daily Daily average   -   4

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.23
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.38
  • [Second] Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1820), p.23; Sixth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1824), Appendix, p.115; Seventh Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1827), Appendix, p.123; 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.37
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXXIX.403), p.245
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (1829, XIX.401), p.90
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.6
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 1 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIII.1), p.13
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.48
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837, XXXII.1), p.42; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Third Report (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XXXI.177), p.82; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXV.721), p.35; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.193), p.153; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.391), p.347; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Eleventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXI.565), p.321; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Twelfth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXV.1), p.324

Additional Primary Sources

  • Robert Gardner, History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Oxford (1852), p. 424

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.heritage-explorer.co.uk/web/he/searchdetail.aspx?id=7634

Finance

Archive name: Oxfordshire History Centre

Catalogue ref: BOR103/F/1

Collection: Banbury Borough

Description: Gaol account book

Dates: 1829-1839


Archive name: Oxfordshire History Centre

Catalogue ref: BOR2/XXVIII/i

Collection: Banbury Borough

Description: Copy of the Prison mortgage

Dates: 1879


Staff

Archive name: Oxfordshire History Centre

Catalogue ref: BOR2/XVIII/x/3-4

Collection: Banbury Borough

Description: Bonds of Deputy Gaolers

Dates: 1830, 1843


Prisoners

Archive name: Oxfordshire History Centre

Catalogue ref: BOR103/J/1-3

Collection: Banbury Borough

Description: Gaol journals, recording committals and discharges

Dates: 1829-1838