Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol, Lock Up
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened [1765]
Date closed [1837]
Location town hall Bishop's Castle
Map location in the vicinity
County Shropshire
Town Hall built 1765. Most likely the gaol underneath it dates from this time. By the 1830s at least, used primarily (if not only) as a lock up. Last appears in the penal statistics for 1836.
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened [1765]
Date closed [1837]
Location town hall Bishop's Castle
Map location in the vicinity
Lat. 52.485662 Long. -3.0028093
County Shropshire
Town Hall built 1765. Most likely the gaol underneath it dates from this time. By the 1830s at least, used primarily (if not only) as a lock up. Last appears in the penal statistics for 1836.
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 0
Daily Greatest number - 0
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 0
Daily Census - 0
Year 1832
Annual Committed - 0
Daily Greatest number - 0