Halifax Town Lock-ups

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Overview

Prison Type   Local Lock-up

Date opened   c1836

Date closed   unknown

Location   police station (former workhouse, Upper Kirkgate?)   Halifax

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Yorkshire

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Lock-up

Date opened   c1836

Date closed   unknown

Location   police station (former workhouse, Upper Kirkgate?)   Halifax

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   53.7227937  Long.   -1.856694

County   Yorkshire

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Principal Primary Sources

  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837, XXXII.499), p.142; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1843, XXV. & XXVI.249), p.143; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIV.1), p.35; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Northern District, Thirteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXVI.361), p.100