Beverley Town and Liberty Gaol

Overview

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Records

Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Franchise / Municipality

Date opened   1573

Date closed   1811

Location   Toll Gavel   Beverley

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Yorkshire

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Franchise / Municipality

Date opened   1573

Date closed   1811

Location   Toll Gavel   Beverley

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   53.8418928  Long.   -0.4302735

County   Yorkshire

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.41

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/east/vol6/pp190-195#h3-0003; http://www.museums.eastriding.gov.uk/local-history-online/convict-connections/local-connections/gaols/

Staff

Archive name: East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Local Studies Service

Catalogue ref: DDBC/21/34

Collection: Beverley Borough

Description: Draft bond relating to the Serjeant at Mace, for serving office of Deputy Gaoler and Keeper of the Gaol, and Officer of the Court of Record

Dates: 1803