Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol, Lock Up
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened [1764]
Date closed [1830]
Location Old Town Hall (High Street) Gravesend
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Kent
The Gravesend Town Hall was erected in 1764. It is unclear whether Gravesend Gaol was established at the same time. By the 1830s, it had become a lock up. A Gravesend Debtors' Gaol appears in the penal statistics for 1837 and could be the same institution. It does not appear again in the statistics.
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened [1764]
Date closed [1830]
Location Old Town Hall (High Street) Gravesend
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 51.4435421 Long. 0.369096
County Kent
The Gravesend Town Hall was erected in 1764. It is unclear whether Gravesend Gaol was established at the same time. By the 1830s, it had become a lock up. A Gravesend Debtors' Gaol appears in the penal statistics for 1837 and could be the same institution. It does not appear again in the statistics.
Year 1832
Annual Committed - 118
Daily Greatest number - 13
