Berwick Upon Tweed Gaol

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Overview

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

Critical Remarks

After the gaol closed in 1878, it was converted into a courthouse and police station.

Prison Info

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

Critical Remarks

After the gaol closed in 1878, it was converted into a courthouse and police station.

Prisoner Statistics

 

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

Principal Primary Sources

  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Sixteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.837), p.80; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Seventeenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852-53, LII.265), p.91; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Nineteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1854, XXXII.1), p.84; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Twentieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1854-55, XXVI.123), p.58; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Twenty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1856, XXXIII.657), p.66; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Twenty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1857 Session 1, VII.505), p.63; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1857-58, XXIX.209), p.57; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1859, Session 1, XI.213), p.48; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1860, XXXV.381), p.38; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Twenty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1864, XXVI.89), p.42; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.257), p.73; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.233), p.79; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1867-68, XXXIV.1), p.71; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.1), p.80; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.529), p.118; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1872, XXXI.169), p.60; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1873, XXXII.337), p.115; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1874, XXIX.389), p.143; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1875, XXXVII.417), p.148; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Fortieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1876, XXXV.417), p.148; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1877, XLIII.421), p.148; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1878, XLI.417), p.144

Additional Primary Sources

  • William Whellan, History, Topography and Directory of Northumberland (London & Manchester, 1855), p. 961

Prisoners

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


Images

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


Other

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