Alternative Names Evesham Borough Gaol and Lock Up, Evesham Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol & House of Correction/Bridewell, Lock Up
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened c1789
Date closed [1835]
Location town hall Evesham
Map location in the vicinity
County Worcestershire
A new borough gaol, located within the town hall, replaced an former borough gaol which had been located to the north-east of the town hall around 1789. By the 1840s, a lock up only, attached to the new municipal police station established in the same building.
Alternative Names Evesham Borough Gaol and Lock Up, Evesham Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened c1789
Date closed [1835]
Location town hall Evesham
Map location in the vicinity
Lat. 52.085345 Long. -1.957632
County Worcestershire
A new borough gaol, located within the town hall, replaced an former borough gaol which had been located to the north-east of the town hall around 1789. By the 1840s, a lock up only, attached to the new municipal police station established in the same building.
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 6
Daily Greatest number - 2
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 11
Daily Census - 11
Year 1832
Annual Committed - 27
Daily Greatest number - 5
Archive name: Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service
Catalogue ref: 405/5/7/1 (260.102 BA4611)
Collection: Evesham Petty Sessions
Description: Evesham Gaol order book
Dates: 1825-1836