Faversham Borough Gaol

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Overview

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.

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

Management

Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre

Catalogue ref: Fa/A/C/6

Collection: Faversham Borough

Description: Minutes, including the erection of a Bridewell

Dates: c.1824


Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre

Catalogue ref: Fa/J/Q/z/21

Collection: Faversham Borough

Description: Letter from the Secretary of State's office concerning returns of persons tried, and of prisoners, with blank forms of return

Dates: 1817


Finance

Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre

Catalogue ref: Fa/F/A/c/203-209

Collection: Faversham Borough

Description: Treasurers' accounts, including the Gaol rate and disbursements on the town Prison and the prisoners

Dates: 1830-1894


Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre

Catalogue ref: Fa/F/R/b1

Collection: Faversham Borough

Description: Records relating to Faversham Gaol rate, including fragment of a Gaol rate book (1812, 1822)

Dates: 1812-1822


Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre

Catalogue ref: Fa/F/V/251-2

Collection: Faversham Borough

Description: Bills, receipts and vouchers, including for work done in erecting the new Gaol, for ragstone, and a proposal for the construction

Dates: 1813-1815


Daily Business

Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre

Catalogue ref: Fa/F/T/b/5/1

Collection: Faversham Borough

Description: Borough Treasurer. Accounts of Keeper of Town Gaol, naming all prisoners. 

Dates: 1834-1857