Faversham Borough Gaol

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Alternative Names Faversham Town Gaol

Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol & House of Correction/Bridewell, Lock Up

Jurisdiction Municipality

Date opened [c1815]

Date closed [1866]

Location a short distance north-eastward of market place Faversham

Map location exact or closely approximate

County Kent

Critical Remarks

Although officially closed in 1866, it seems the gaol continued to be used as a lock up.

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Prison Info

Alternative Names Faversham Town Gaol

Prison Type Local Prison

Jurisdiction Municipality

Date opened [c1815]

Date closed [1866]

Location a short distance north-eastward of market place Faversham

Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 51.3158487 Long. 0.8914615

County Kent

Critical Remarks

Although officially closed in 1866, it seems the gaol continued to be used as a lock up.

Prisoner Statistics

Year 1818

Annual Committed - 14

Daily Greatest number - 7

Year 1832

Annual Committed - 6

Daily Greatest number - 5

Year 1838

Annual Confined - 19

Daily Census - 0

Year 1843

Annual Confined - 27

Daily Census - 2

Year 1848

Annual Confined - 16

Daily Daily average - 0

Year 1853

Annual Confined - 9

Daily Daily average - 0

Year 1858

Annual Committed - 12

Daily Daily average - 0

Year 1863

Annual Committed - 19

Daily Greatest number - 4

Principal Primary Sources

Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.24

Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.45

Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 2 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIII.133), p.973

Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.22

Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837, XXXII.1), p.52; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXI.1), p.243; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIII.1), p.385; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1859, Session 1, XI.169), p.39; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1861, XXIX.1), p.43; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.1), p.135; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.1), p.119

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Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre

Catalogue ref: Fa/A/C/6