Great Torrington Old Borough Gaol or Bridewell

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Overview

Alternative Names   Torrington House of Correction, Great Torrington Gaol

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

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   unknown

Date closed   [1836]

Location   workhouse   Great Torrington

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Devon

Critical Remarks

According to the prison inspectors, by 1836 it no longer being used as a prison.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Torrington House of Correction, Great Torrington Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   unknown

Date closed   [1836]

Location   workhouse   Great Torrington

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   50.9506  Long.   -4.1510606

County   Devon

Critical Remarks

According to the prison inspectors, by 1836 it no longer being used as a prison.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   7

Daily Greatest number   -   2

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   11

Daily Census   -   11

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   12

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.10
  • The Third Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1821), Appendix, p.17; 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.9
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (1829, XIX.401), p.43
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.113
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 1 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIII.1), p.635
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837, XXXII.659), p.34

Additional Primary Sources

  • William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Devonshire (Sheffield, 1850), p. 751.