Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1842
Date closed 1878
Location at Twerton, close to turnpike road to Bristol, now Lower Bristol Road Bath
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Somersetshire
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1842
Date closed 1878
Location at Twerton, close to turnpike road to Bristol, now Lower Bristol Road Bath
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 51.3809703 Long. -2.395237
County Somersetshire
Year 1843
Annual Confined - 1378
Daily Census - 123
Year 1848
Annual Confined - 787
Daily Daily average - 71
Year 1853
Annual Confined - 626
Daily Daily average - 77
Year 1858
Annual Committed - 405
Daily Daily average - 47
Year 1863
Annual Committed - 475
Daily Greatest number - 85
Year 1868
Annual Committed - 471
Daily Daily average - 56
Year 1873
Annual Committed - 387
Daily Daily average - 75
Year 1878
Annual Committed - 237
Daily Daily average - 0
Archive name: Bath Record Office
Catalogue ref: BC/11
Collection: Bath City Council
Description: Gaol Committee minutes (1837-1878), including minutes of the Gaol Building Committee
Dates: 1839-1845
Archive name: Bath Record Office
Catalogue ref: BC/11
Collection: Bath City Council
Description: Gaol Committee draft minutes, tenders and correspondence
Dates: 1861-1877
Archive name: Bath Record Office
Catalogue ref: BC/11
Collection: Bath City Council
Description: Gaol cash book
Dates: 1840-1867
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: HO23/2
Collection: Home Office
Description: Registers of Prisoners from national prisons lodged in County Prisons, Bath
Dates: 1848-1855
Archive name: Bath Record Office
Catalogue ref: QS/6
Collection: Bath Quarter Sessions
Description: Commitments in felony. These volumes contain warrants signed by the Justices ordering the detention in the House of Correction of those accused of felonies, while they awaited trial at Quarter Sessions or Assizes
Dates: 1799-1860
Archive name: Bath Record Office
Catalogue ref: QS/7
Collection: Bath Quarter Sessions
Description: Commitments to the House of Correction
Dates: 1836-1859