Brighton Town Lock Up

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Records

Overview

Prison Type   Local Lock-up

Date opened   unknown

Date closed   unknown

Location   town hall   Brighton

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Sussex

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Lock-up

Date opened   unknown

Date closed   unknown

Location   town hall   Brighton

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   50.8205985  Long.   -0.1399329

County   Sussex

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Principal Primary Sources

  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.1), p.12

Management

Archive name: East Sussex Record Office

Catalogue ref: AMS 6432/1/6

Collection:

Description: Brighton Improvement Commissioners. Letter from Thomas West, Brighton Union Bank, High Constable, regarding the poor state of the 'Black Hole' [the town prison, Brighton]

Dates: 1827