Croydon Town Gaol

Overview

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Records

Overview

Alternative Names   Croydon Town Gaol and Lock-up House

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   c1806

Date closed   [1848]

Location   former site of the stable of the Three Tuns Inn   Croydon

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Surrey

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the penal statistics for 1847.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Croydon Town Gaol and Lock-up House

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   c1806

Date closed   [1848]

Location   former site of the stable of the Three Tuns Inn   Croydon

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.373141  Long.   -0.1020283

County   Surrey

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the penal statistics for 1847.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   0

Daily Census   -   0

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.116
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXI.1), p.386; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIII.1), p.606

Management

Archive name: Surrey History Centre

Catalogue ref: QS2/6/1803/EA/37

Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions

Description: Certificate that a new Gaol is being built at Croydon, and will be completed before the next Summer Sessions

Dates: 1803


Archive name: Surrey History Centre

Catalogue ref: QS2/6/1803/MID/31

Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions

Description: Certificate that the new Gaol at Croydon has now been completed

Dates: 1803