Fordwich Gaol

Overview

Details

Records

Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1818}

Date closed   [1839]

Location   Guildhall   Fordwich

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Kent

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the penal statistics for 1838.

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1818}

Date closed   [1839]

Location   Guildhall   Fordwich

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   51.288392  Long.   1.1250383

County   Kent

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the penal statistics for 1838.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   0

Daily Greatest number   -   0

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   0

Daily Greatest number   -   0

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -  

Daily Census   -  

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.47
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 2 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIII.133), p.991