Prison Type Convict Prison
Date opened 1885
Date closed 1896
Location Langdon Cliffs Dover
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Kent
Opened August 1885 exclusively for “star class” male convicts, that is men with no previous convictions, to labour on public works. Closed January 1895.
Prison Type Convict Prison
Date opened 1885
Date closed 1896
Location Langdon Cliffs Dover
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 51.131604 Long. 1.3373441
County Kent
Opened August 1885 exclusively for “star class” male convicts, that is men with no previous convictions, to labour on public works. Closed January 1895.
Year 1888
Annual Confined - 225
Daily Census - 101
Year 1893
Annual Confined - 111
Daily Census - 48
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: PCOM 7/224
Collection: Prison Commission
Description: Warrants constituting and appointing Convict Prisons etc. Dover
Dates: 1856-1885
Archive name: Canterbury Cathedral Archives
Catalogue ref: DCb/F/F/Do/17
Collection: Diocese of Canterbury
Description: Licences for Chaplains - Dover Prison
Dates: 1888