Alternative Names Coventry City and County Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol & House of Correction/Bridewell
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1675
Date closed 1830
Location near Cathedral between Gaol Lane (now Pepper Lane) and Cuckoo Lane Coventry
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Warwickshire
Alternative Names Coventry City and County Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1675
Date closed 1830
Location near Cathedral between Gaol Lane (now Pepper Lane) and Cuckoo Lane Coventry
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 52.407827 Long. -1.5085443
County Warwickshire
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 97
Daily Greatest number - 25
Year 1823
Annual Committed - 166
Daily Census - 26
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 185
Daily Census - 11
Archive name: Coventry Archives and Research Centre
Catalogue ref: BA/E/2/110/3
Collection: Coventry Borough Archives
Description: Gaol turnover
Dates: 1821
Archive name: Coventry Archives and Research Centre
Catalogue ref: BA/E/2/113/1
Collection: Coventry Borough Archives
Description: Statistical return of number and conditions of prisoners
Dates: 1819
Archive name: Coventry Archives and Research Centre
Catalogue ref: BA/E/2/114/1
Collection: Coventry Borough Archives
Description: Yearly returns
Dates: 1824-1835
Archive name: Coventry Archives and Research Centre
Catalogue ref: BA/E/2/92/1-2
Collection: Coventry Borough Archives
Description: Gaol order book
Dates: 1825-1831, 1859
Archive name: Coventry Archives and Research Centre
Catalogue ref: PA14/6/104
Collection: Papers and deeds of John Carter, Town Clerk and Clerk of the Peace for the City and County of the City of Coventry, and Edward Greenfield Doggett
Description: Correspondence about Coventry Gaol papers
Dates: 1826
Archive name: Coventry Archives and Research Centre
Catalogue ref: PA14/6/142
Collection: Papers and deeds of John Carter, Town Clerk and Clerk of the Peace for the City and County of the City of Coventry, and Edward Greenfield Doggett
Description: Draft petition, by magistrates to Home Secretary, justifying the cost of rebuilding the Gaol and merger with House of Correction. Also, statistics of prisoners held etc.
Dates: c.1824
Archive name: Coventry Archives and Research Centre
Catalogue ref: PA14/6/44
Collection: Papers and deeds of John Carter, Town Clerk and Clerk of the Peace for the City and County of the City of Coventry, and Edward Greenfield Doggett
Description: Letter from House of Commons about replacing Coventry Gaol
Dates: 1824
Archive name: Warwickshire County Record Office
Catalogue ref: QS 63/66
Collection: Coventry Quarter Sessions
Description: Bundles, including papers concerning the Gaol and House of Correction
Dates: 1824-1829
Archive name: Coventry Archives and Research Centre
Catalogue ref: BA/E/2/116/1
Collection: Coventry Borough Archives
Description: Chaplain's duties
Dates: 1822
Archive name: Coventry Archives and Research Centre
Catalogue ref: BA/E/2/130/1-6
Collection: Coventry Borough Archives
Description: Letters about prisoner's complaint against Gaoler
Dates: 1821
Archive name: Coventry Archives and Research Centre
Catalogue ref: PA14/6/80
Collection: Papers and deeds of John Carter, Town Clerk and Clerk of the Peace for the City and County of the City of Coventry, and Edward Greenfield Doggett
Description: Letter, including comments on Gaoler's salary in the light of his not being able to sell convicts to American Merchants for transportation
Dates: 1816
Archive name: Coventry Archives and Research Centre
Catalogue ref: BA/E/2/128/1
Collection: Coventry Borough Archives
Description: List of prisoners
Dates: c.1818
Archive name: Coventry Archives and Research Centre
Catalogue ref: PA14/10/70
Collection: Papers and deeds of John Carter, Town Clerk and Clerk of the Peace for the City and County of the City of Coventry, and Edward Greenfield Doggett
Description: Letter detailing committals to Gaol
Dates: 1827
Archive name: Coventry Archives and Research Centre
Catalogue ref: PA14/5/36
Collection: Papers and deeds of John Carter, Town Clerk and Clerk of the Peace for the City and County of the City of Coventry, and Edward Greenfield Doggett
Description: Correspondence concerning the death of Peter Farley in Coventry Gaol through neglect
Dates: 1822
Archive name: Coventry Archives and Research Centre
Catalogue ref: PA14/6/132
Collection: Papers and deeds of John Carter, Town Clerk and Clerk of the Peace for the City and County of the City of Coventry, and Edward Greenfield Doggett
Description: Letter recommending a builder for the Gaol
Dates: 1822
