Doncaster Borough Gaol

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Records

Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol, Lock Up

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1829

Date closed   [1854]

Location   corner of Factory Lane and West Laithe Gate   Doncaster

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Yorkshire

Critical Remarks

By 1850 at least, only used as a lock up. Although it still appears in the Digest for 1853, no prisoners were confined in the prison that year.

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1829

Date closed   [1854]

Location   corner of Factory Lane and West Laithe Gate   Doncaster

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   53.5220513  Long.   -1.1375275

County   Yorkshire

Critical Remarks

By 1850 at least, only used as a lock up. Although it still appears in the Digest for 1853, no prisoners were confined in the prison that year.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   152

Daily Greatest number   -   12

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   260

Daily Census   -   0

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   119

Daily Census   -   12

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   12

Daily Daily average   -  

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   0

Daily Daily average   -   0

Principal Primary Sources

  • [Second] Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1820), p.57; Eighth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1832), Appendix, p.49
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.36
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 3 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIV.1), p.1503
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.68
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837, XXXII.1), p.45; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837, XXXII.499), p.144; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.1), p.41; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Sixteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.461), p.91

Secondary Sources

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

Management

Archive name: Doncaster Archives

Catalogue ref: QS/4/1

Collection: Doncaster Quarter Sessions

Description: Gaol Sessions minute book, including a report of the Visiting Justices

Dates: 1851


Prisoners

Archive name: Doncaster Archives

Catalogue ref: QS/3/1-2

Collection: Doncaster Quarter Sessions

Description: Quarter Sessions Minute books. These volumes contain a tabular statement of the names of prisoners, age, offences, date of committal, plea, verdict and sentence.

Dates: 1849-1911