Alternative Names Berwick Upon Tweed Borough Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol, Lock Up
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1850
Date closed 1878
Location Wallace Green Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Northumberland
After the gaol closed in 1878, it was converted into a courthouse and police station.
Alternative Names Berwick Upon Tweed Borough Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1850
Date closed 1878
Location Wallace Green Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 55.7718583 Long. -2.0027905
County Northumberland
After the gaol closed in 1878, it was converted into a courthouse and police station.
Year 1853
Annual Confined - 82
Daily Daily average - 10
Year 1858
Annual Committed - 128
Daily Daily average - 14
Year 1863
Annual Committed - 85
Daily Greatest number - 20
Year 1868
Annual Committed - 99
Daily Daily average - 9
Year 1873
Annual Committed - 96
Daily Daily average - 7
Year 1878
Annual Committed - 8
Daily Daily average - 0
Archive name: Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office
Catalogue ref: BQS/N/1
Collection: Berwick Quarter Sessions
Description: Gaolers' return of prisoners tried
Dates: 1836-1853
Archive name: Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office
Catalogue ref: BQS/N/8
Collection: Berwick Quarter Sessions
Description: Return of committals etc by the Gaolers
Dates: 1851
Archive name: Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office
Catalogue ref: BRO 0523/9
Collection: None
Description: Postcard view of Church Street showing new Gaol, Berwick-upon-Tweed
Dates: c.1880
Archive name: Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office
Catalogue ref: LB/9/7
Collection: None
Description: Manuscript volume of references to the Gaol, streets, fire engines and other details. In the Guild Books compiled for The Freemen v Corporation of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Volume 2.
Dates: c.1900