Alternative Names Bath City Gaol, Bath Prison
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1774
Date closed 1842
Location Bathwick, Grove Street Bath
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Somersetshire
Alternative Names Bath City Gaol, Bath Prison
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1774
Date closed 1842
Location Bathwick, Grove Street Bath
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 51.384239 Long. -2.3589124
County Somersetshire
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 601
Daily Greatest number - 72
Year 1832
Annual Committed - 192
Daily Greatest number - 28
Year 1838
Annual Confined - 991
Daily Census - 13
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 cash book
Dates: 1840-1867
Archive name: Bath Record Office
Catalogue ref: BC 134/179
Collection: Bath Town Clerk
Description: Includes draft bond of indemnification on Ideneage Ginder being appointed under Bailiff and Keeper of the Gaol
Dates: 1820
Archive name: Bath Record Office
Catalogue ref: BC 134/53
Collection: Bath Town Clerk
Description: Miscellaneous draft documents, including appointment of Heneage Ginder under Bailiff and Keeper of the Gaol (14 July 1819).
Dates: 1819
Archive name: Bath Record Office
Catalogue ref: BC 134/198
Collection: Bath Town Clerk
Description: Bond for the execution of duties as Gaoler John Bourn to John Jr. Gumming and Sir John dd. Cooper
Dates: 1828
Archive name: Bath Record Office
Catalogue ref: BC/11
Collection: Bath City Council
Description: Bonds for the office of Gaoler
Dates: 1782-1818
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