Bewdley Prison

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Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1783

Date closed   [1837]

Location   Load Street   Bewdley

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Worcestershire

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the penal statistics for 1837.

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1783

Date closed   [1837]

Location   Load Street   Bewdley

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.3757726  Long.   -2.3173857

County   Worcestershire

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the penal statistics for 1837.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   1

Daily Greatest number   -   1

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   0

Daily Greatest number   -   0

Principal Primary Sources

  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.50
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.12
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 3 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIV.1), p.1773

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-156796-the-shambles-and-old-prison-cells-bewdle#.VoqDXvmLRaQ