Great Yarmouth Borough Lock-Ups

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Records

Overview

Prison Type   Local Lock-up

Date opened   unknown

Date closed   unknown

Location   police station   Great Yarmouth

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Norfolk

Critical Remarks

In his 1841 inspection, the Prison Inspector stated that a new police station with lock ups was being built, but there is nothing in later reports to suggest that this lock up had been replaced by the new.

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Lock-up

Date opened   unknown

Date closed   unknown

Location   police station   Great Yarmouth

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   52.60229  Long.   1.7200488

County   Norfolk

Critical Remarks

In his 1841 inspection, the Prison Inspector stated that a new police station with lock ups was being built, but there is nothing in later reports to suggest that this lock up had been replaced by the new.

Principal Primary Sources

  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXII.1), p.174; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXV.565), p.132; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.1), p.157; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1843, XXV. & XXVI.249), p.183; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIV.1), p.197; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.291), p.43; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Sixteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.461), p.161