Alternative Names Dover Town Gaol and Bridewell, Dover Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol & House of Correction/Bridewell
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1746
Date closed 1835
Location Queen Street Dover
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Kent
Alternative Names Dover Town Gaol and Bridewell, Dover Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1746
Date closed 1835
Location Queen Street Dover
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 51.1244875 Long. 1.3130495
County Kent
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 79
Daily Greatest number - 22
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 132
Daily Census - 33
Year 1832
Annual Committed - 167
Daily Greatest number - 33
Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre
Catalogue ref: Do/JSg2
Collection: Dover Borough
Description: Returns sent to Home Secretary in answer to circulars of numbers convicted, numbers in Dover Gaol, numbers of vagrants committed to prison
Dates: 1804-1824
Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre
Catalogue ref: Do/JSg4
Collection: Dover Borough
Description: Returns sent to Home Secretary including: numbers committed to the gaol and conditions in the gaol
Dates: 1825-1835
Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre
Catalogue ref: Do/JSz6
Collection: Dover Borough
Description: Miscellaneous correspondence, includes rebuilding of Dover Gaol (1819)
Dates: 1814-1835
Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre
Catalogue ref: Do/FTa1
Collection: Dover Borough
Description: Accounts of Treasurer of Borough and liberty rate. Account of debts incurred (1821-1822) in building the new Dover Gaol.
Dates: 1796-1836
Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre
Catalogue ref: EK/U1453/O37/40
Collection: Cobb Family of Margate
Description: Grand Jury presentment and notes by Deputy regarding Dover Gaol
Dates: 1834
Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre
Catalogue ref: Do/JSg7
Collection: Dover Borough
Description: Certificates of conviction, lists of convicts in Dover gaol and of prisoners tried, as requested by the Home Secretary; warrants for delivery of convicts
Dates: 1834-1836
Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre
Catalogue ref: Do/JSd10
Collection: Dover Borough
Description: Includes petitions of prisoners
Dates: 1822-1836
Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre
Catalogue ref: Do/JSd10
Collection: Dover Borough
Description: Correspondence and affidavits regarding individual criminal cases, including petitions of prisoners
Dates: 1822-1836
Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre
Catalogue ref: Do/JSg1, 3
Collection: Dover Borough
Description: Certificates of conviction; warrants to convey prisoners from gaol for transportation, remissions of death sentence
Dates: 1791-1833
Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre
Catalogue ref: EK/U1453/C279
Collection: Cobb Family of Margate
Description: G. Williams and J. Johnson, Dover Gaol. Prisoners seeking help.
Dates: 1817
