Helston Borough Prison

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Overview

Alternative Names   Helston Town Gaol, Helleston Prison, Helleston Borough Prison

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

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   unknown

Date closed   c1837

Location   Coinagehall Street   Helston

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Cornwall

Critical Remarks

Although described only as a lock up in 1833, other sources state that it functioned as a common gaol. Replaced by a new town gaol in 1837 (ID 141).

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Helston Town Gaol, Helleston Prison, Helleston Borough Prison

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   unknown

Date closed   c1837

Location   Coinagehall Street   Helston

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   50.1006259  Long.   -5.2780755

County   Cornwall

Critical Remarks

Although described only as a lock up in 1833, other sources state that it functioned as a common gaol. Replaced by a new town gaol in 1837 (ID 141).

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   0

Daily Greatest number   -   0

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   0

Daily Census   -   0

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   0

Daily Greatest number   -   0

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.265
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.6
  • 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.6
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (1829, XIX.401), p.21
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.53
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 1 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIII.1), p.513

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.helstonhistory.co.uk/helston-historical-buidings/the-old-prison/; http://www.helston-tc.gov.uk/Historical_Helston_164.aspx

Management

Archive name: Cornwall Record Office

Catalogue ref: BHEL/31

Collection: Helston Borough

Description: Prison Committee minute book

Dates: 1834-1837


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Cornwall Record Office

Catalogue ref: BHEL/80/1-2

Collection: Helston Borough

Description: Plans of Helston Prison

Dates: 1834