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
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 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
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.
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
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
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