Alternative Names Harwich Town Gaol, Harwich Borough Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol & House of Correction/Bridewell
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened {1812}
Date closed [1848]
Location town hall Harwich
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Essex
The Harwich Borough Gaol and House of Correction (ID 308) were housed in separate buildings each with its own keeper but on the same site. Some official sources consider them as separate institutions, others as the same institution. (When the same, included under this ID) Last appears in the penal statistics for 1847.
Alternative Names Harwich Town Gaol, Harwich Borough Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened {1812}
Date closed [1848]
Location town hall Harwich
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 51.9459932 Long. 1.2876666
County Essex
The Harwich Borough Gaol and House of Correction (ID 308) were housed in separate buildings each with its own keeper but on the same site. Some official sources consider them as separate institutions, others as the same institution. (When the same, included under this ID) Last appears in the penal statistics for 1847.
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 0
Daily Greatest number - 0
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 3
Daily Census - 3
Year 1832
Annual Committed - 12
Daily Greatest number - 10
Year 1838
Annual Confined - 13
Daily Census - 0
Year 1843
Annual Confined - 0
Daily Census - 0
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: PROB 11/1555/110
Collection: None
Description: Will of Samuel Martin, Gaol Keeper of Harwich, Essex
Dates: 1814
