Alternative Names Birmingham Borough Lock Up, Moor Street Lock Up
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol, Lock Up
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1806
Date closed [1849]
Location Moor Street, at back of the Public (Police) Office Birmingham
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Warwickshire
Although Neild (and even some historians) labelled this prison as Birmingham Town Gaol, from their first report the Prison Inspectors claimed it was a lock up - Birmingham Borough Lock Up. In their inspections of it between 1835 and 1840, the Inspectors agreed that due to its size, the purposes it served and the lack of a specific borough gaol or house of correction for this expanding city, the prison was much more than just a lock up. The new Birmingham Borough Gaol and House of Correction constructed on Winson Green which opened in 1849 (ID 578) answered the needs of the city and this institution began to function as a true lock up. It was described by Prison Inspectors in 1851 as the Moor Street Lock Up. In his Report for 1835, the Prison Inspector also referred to two other smaller lock ups in Birmingham, but gave no detailed information on these.
Alternative Names Birmingham Borough Lock Up, Moor Street Lock Up
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1806
Date closed [1849]
Location Moor Street, at back of the Public (Police) Office Birmingham
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 52.4784362 Long. -1.8922298
County Warwickshire
Although Neild (and even some historians) labelled this prison as Birmingham Town Gaol, from their first report the Prison Inspectors claimed it was a lock up - Birmingham Borough Lock Up. In their inspections of it between 1835 and 1840, the Inspectors agreed that due to its size, the purposes it served and the lack of a specific borough gaol or house of correction for this expanding city, the prison was much more than just a lock up. The new Birmingham Borough Gaol and House of Correction constructed on Winson Green which opened in 1849 (ID 578) answered the needs of the city and this institution began to function as a true lock up. It was described by Prison Inspectors in 1851 as the Moor Street Lock Up. In his Report for 1835, the Prison Inspector also referred to two other smaller lock ups in Birmingham, but gave no detailed information on these.
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: PCOM2/435
Collection: Prison Commission
Description: Birmingham Gaol, Warwickshire: register of convicts
Dates: 1799-1809
