Bideford Pit

Overview

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Overview

Alternative Names   Bideford Borough Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1818}

Date closed   {1833}

Location   under old town hall   Bideford

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Devon

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Bideford Borough Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1818}

Date closed   {1833}

Location   under old town hall   Bideford

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.016528  Long.   -4.2058071

County   Devon

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   1

Daily Greatest number   -   1

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   4

Daily Census   -   0

Principal Primary Sources

  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.10
  • Eighth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1832), Appendix, p.10
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (1829, XIX.401), p.33
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.12

Secondary Sources

  • Inkerman Rogers, A Concise History of Bideford (Bideford, 1938), pp. 25 & 31.