Gaol for the Liberty of St Peter of York

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Overview

Alternative Names   York St Peter's Gaol, St Peter's Liberty Gaol

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

Jurisdiction   Franchise

Date opened   [15th century]

Date closed   1838

Location   near the Minster Gate of York, Minster Yard   York

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Yorkshire

Critical Remarks

Establishment of this prison unknown, possibly during the fifteenth century.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   York St Peter's Gaol, St Peter's Liberty Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Franchise

Date opened   [15th century]

Date closed   1838

Location   near the Minster Gate of York, Minster Yard   York

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   53.963312  Long.   -1.0813752

County   Yorkshire

Critical Remarks

Establishment of this prison unknown, possibly during the fifteenth century.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   14

Daily Greatest number   -   4

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   1

Daily Greatest number   -   1

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   2

Daily Census   -   0

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.606
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.54
  • Eighth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1832), Appendix, p.48
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.123
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837, XXXII.499), p.121; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXII.1), p.107

Secondary Sources

  • Adrian Leek, The Liberty of St Peter of York, 1800-1838 (Borthwick Publications, 1990)