Battle Gaol

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Overview

Alternative Names   Battel Gaol, Battle House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   early 17th century

Date closed   1822

Location   Upper Lake (likely number 3)   Battle

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Sussex

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Battel Gaol, Battle House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   early 17th century

Date closed   1822

Location   Upper Lake (likely number 3)   Battle

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   50.9144996  Long.   0.4890568

County   Sussex

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   57

Daily Greatest number   -   11

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.33
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.47
  • The Third Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1821), Appendix, p.76

Secondary Sources

  • http://btckstorage.blob.core.windows.net/site15733/Web%20E/E%202017Prisonv2.pdf; https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/media/1716/battle_eus_report_maps.pdf