Bedford Town Gaol

Overview

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Records

Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1795

Date closed   1824

Location   Pesthouse Close, St Loyes   Bedford

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Bedfordshire

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1795

Date closed   1824

Location   Pesthouse Close, St Loyes   Bedford

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.139116  Long.   -0.471153

County   Bedfordshire

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   38

Daily Greatest number   -   12

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.38
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.2
  • 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.1; 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.4
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 4 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXV.1), p.2116

Secondary Sources

  • http://bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk/GuidesToCollections/BedfordsGaolBuildings.aspx

Management

Archive name: Bedfordshire Archives and Records Service

Catalogue ref: BorBF3

Collection: Borough of Bedford archives

Description: Borough Quarter Sessions Minutes. Contain material on the administration of the Town Gaol, including lists of prisoners and agreement to lodge town prisoners in the county gaol (1824)

Dates: 1786-1831


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Bedfordshire Archives and Records Service

Catalogue ref: X1/60

Collection: None

Description: E. W. Brayley's 'Beauties of England & Wales', with inset plans of County Gaol and House of Industry

Dates: 1807


Images

Archive name: Bedfordshire Archives and Records Service

Catalogue ref: Z49/850

Collection: Illustrations

Description: Bedford Town Gaol in St Loyes, near the Crescent

Dates: c.1820