Halifax Town Gaol

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Overview

Alternative Names   Halifax Lock Up, Halifax Black Hole

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol, Lock Up

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1812}

Date closed   {1842}

Location   unknown   Halifax

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Yorkshire

Critical Remarks

By the early nineteenth century, only used as a lock up house and popularly known as 'the dungeon'.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Halifax Lock Up, Halifax Black Hole

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1812}

Date closed   {1842}

Location   unknown   Halifax

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   53.721332  Long.   -1.8650906

County   Yorkshire

Critical Remarks

By the early nineteenth century, only used as a lock up house and popularly known as 'the dungeon'.

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.260
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1843, XXV. & XXVI.249), p.143