Alternative Names Ripon Canon-Fee Court Gaol and House of Correction, Ripon Prison of the Canon, Borough of Ripon House of Correction, Ripon House of Correction, Ripon Liberty Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison - House of Correction/Bridewell
Jurisdiction Franchise / Municipality
Date opened 1686 [1816]
Date closed 1878
Location St Marygate Ripon
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Yorkshire
Served as House of Correction from 1686, rebuilt 1816 when it also became the Liberty Prison.
Alternative Names Ripon Canon-Fee Court Gaol and House of Correction, Ripon Prison of the Canon, Borough of Ripon House of Correction, Ripon House of Correction, Ripon Liberty Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Franchise / Municipality
Date opened 1686 [1816]
Date closed 1878
Location St Marygate Ripon
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 54.1366861 Long. -1.5197138
County Yorkshire
Served as House of Correction from 1686, rebuilt 1816 when it also became the Liberty Prison.
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 46
Daily Greatest number - 7
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 70
Daily Census - 70
Year 1832
Annual Committed - 142
Daily Greatest number - 17
Year 1838
Annual Confined - 38
Daily Census - 4
Year 1843
Annual Confined - 64
Daily Census - 5
Year 1848
Annual Confined - 53
Daily Daily average - 4
Year 1853
Annual Confined - 55
Daily Daily average - 0
Year 1858
Annual Committed - 75
Daily Daily average - 7
Year 1863
Annual Committed - 72
Daily Greatest number - 17
Year 1868
Annual Committed - 69
Daily Daily average - 11
Year 1873
Annual Committed - 89
Daily Daily average - 13
Year 1878
Annual Committed - 7
Daily Daily average - 0
Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office
Catalogue ref: PS/RL
Collection: Ripon Liberty Petty Sessions
Description: The series includes material which might be expected to relate to the Gaol, including judicial papers (1781-1883), financial records (1834-1889), Clerk of the Peace records (1832-1889)
Dates: 1781-1889