Bridport Borough Prison

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Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1818}

Date closed   [1837]

Location   unknown   Bridport

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Dorset

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the 'Digest' in 1837.

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1818}

Date closed   [1837]

Location   unknown   Bridport

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   50.725099  Long.   -2.7663989

County   Dorset

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the 'Digest' in 1837.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   15

Daily Greatest number   -   2

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   0

Daily Greatest number   -   0

Principal Primary Sources

  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.12
  • Seventh Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1827), Appendix, p.34; 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.11
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.26
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 2 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIII.133), p.1143