Doncaster Borough Gaol

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Overview

Alternative Names   Doncaster Town Gaol, Doncaster Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1779

Date closed   1829

Location   St Sepulchre Gate, directly opposite Printing Office Street   Doncaster

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Yorkshire

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Doncaster Town Gaol, Doncaster Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1779

Date closed   1829

Location   St Sepulchre Gate, directly opposite Printing Office Street   Doncaster

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   53.522472  Long.   -1.136579

County   Yorkshire

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   82

Daily Greatest number   -   10

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   7

Daily Census   -   375

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.162
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.52
  • The Third Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1821), Appendix, p.89; Fifth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1823), Appendix, p.124; Sixth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1824), Appendix, p.160; 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.164
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (1829, XIX.401), p.104

Additional Primary Sources

  • Joseph John Gurney, Notes of a visit made to some of the prisons in Scotland and the north of England, in company with Elizabeth Fry: with some general observations on the subject of prison discipline (London, 1819), p. 4

Secondary Sources

  • John Brown, The Obedient Servant: Doncaster Borough Police, 1836-1968 (Matador, 2016), pp.11-12

Finance

Archive name: Doncaster Archives

Catalogue ref: AB/5/2/138

Collection: None

Description: Accounts of Gaol fees due to Chief Constable and Gaoler of the Borough from the Treasurer of the West Riding Quarter Sessions, and from the Borough of Doncaster

Dates: 1820-1821