Alternative Names Daventry Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol, Lock Up
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1828
Date closed [1837]
Location Site of the old priory, next to Holy Cross Church, Market Square, Church Walk Daventry
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Northamptonshire
By 1837, according to the prison inspectors, the gaol had become a lock up only. It last appears in the official prison statistics in 1837. Probably still in use as late as 1874, as Whellan describes it as a 'Gaol Lock Up'.
Alternative Names Daventry Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1828
Date closed [1837]
Location Site of the old priory, next to Holy Cross Church, Market Square, Church Walk Daventry
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 52.2585217 Long. -1.159533
County Northamptonshire
By 1837, according to the prison inspectors, the gaol had become a lock up only. It last appears in the official prison statistics in 1837. Probably still in use as late as 1874, as Whellan describes it as a 'Gaol Lock Up'.
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 0
Daily Census - 0
Year 1832
Annual Committed - 8
Daily Greatest number - 2