Boston Town Gaol and Bridewell

Overview

Details

Records

Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol & House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1776

Date closed   1818

Location   Market Place   Boston

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Lincolnshire

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1776

Date closed   1818

Location   Market Place   Boston

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.9780156  Long.   -0.0237199

County   Lincolnshire

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.66

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1098085&sort=4&search=all&criteria=boston,%20lincolnshire&rational=q&recordsperpage=60&p=1&move=p&nor=585&recfc=0

Management

Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: BB/10

Collection: Boston Borough

Description: Boston Borough, the Gaol

Dates: 1814-1819


Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: MISC DON CIV 9

Collection: None

Description: An Act to empower the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Councilmen of the Borough of Boston. To enlarge and improve the Gaol and House of Correction within the said Borough.

Dates: 1802


Prisoners

Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: BB/3/A/2/1

Collection: Boston Borough Quarter Sessions

Description: Judicial records include some returns of prisoners in Boston Gaol

Dates: 1807-1830