Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1831
Date closed c1854
Location part of workhouse, Colonial Buildings, Barnstaple Street Bideford
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Devon
From 1831, the Colonial Buildings were used as part workhouse, part prison. According to the prison inspectors, the prison was abolished by 1854.
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1831
Date closed c1854
Location part of workhouse, Colonial Buildings, Barnstaple Street Bideford
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 51.0161967 Long. -4.2031444
County Devon
From 1831, the Colonial Buildings were used as part workhouse, part prison. According to the prison inspectors, the prison was abolished by 1854.
Year 1832
Annual Committed - 15
Daily Greatest number - 6
Year 1838
Annual Confined - 22
Daily Census - 4
Year 1843
Annual Confined - 20
Daily Census - 0
Year 1848
Annual Confined - 13
Daily Daily average - 0
Archive name: North Devon Record Office
Catalogue ref: 1064Q/SQ/4-6
Collection: Bideford Court of Quarter Sessions
Description: Order Books. These are likely to contain material relevant to the administration of the Bideford prisons, especially the town gaol
Dates: 1787-1888
Archive name: North Devon Record Office
Catalogue ref: 1064Q/SC/1
Collection: Bideford Court of Quarter Sessions
Description: Prison register
Dates: 1838-1852
Archive name: North Devon Record Office
Catalogue ref: 2379A/0/Z/38/57b
Collection: None
Description: Leases and tenancy agreements Bideford Town Council and others, and prison cells
Dates: 1892-1922
