Alternative Names Ely City Gaol, Ely Gaol, Ely Common Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1768
Date closed c1845
Location Gaol Street Ely
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Cambridgeshire
From 1838, used to confine debtors only (though criminal prisoners were again confined here in 1843 while alterations were made to Ely Gaol and House of Correction (ID 137)).
Alternative Names Ely City Gaol, Ely Gaol, Ely Common Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1768
Date closed c1845
Location Gaol Street Ely
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 52.4002189 Long. 0.2639233
County Cambridgeshire
From 1838, used to confine debtors only (though criminal prisoners were again confined here in 1843 while alterations were made to Ely Gaol and House of Correction (ID 137)).
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 30
Daily Greatest number - 15
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 32
Daily Census - 32
Year 1832
Annual Committed - 29
Daily Greatest number - 17
Archive name: Bedfordshire Archives and Records Service
Catalogue ref: R4/4189
Collection: The Russell collection
Description: Includes correspondence regarding Ely Gaol
Dates: 1843
Archive name: Cambridgeshire Archives
Catalogue ref: E/QSO/1-56
Collection: Isle of Ely Quarter Sessions
Description: Minute books for the Isle of Ely Quarter Sessions (likely to contain material on the administration of Ely prisons)
Dates: 1801-1882