Helston Town Gaol and House of Correction

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

Jurisdiction Municipality

Date opened 1837

Date closed 1866

Location Shute Hill, adjacent to Sanctuary Lane Helston

Map location exact or closely approximate

County Cornwall

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Prison Info

Prison Type Local Prison

Jurisdiction Municipality

Date opened 1837

Date closed 1866

Location Shute Hill, adjacent to Sanctuary Lane Helston

Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 50.102428 Long. -5.2721667

County Cornwall

Prisoner Statistics

Year 1838

Annual Confined - 12

Daily Census - 2

Year 1843

Annual Confined - 7

Daily Census - 1

Year 1848

Annual Confined - 12

Daily Daily average - 0

Year 1853

Annual Confined - 5

Daily Daily average - 0

Year 1858

Annual Committed - 1

Daily Daily average - 0

Year 1863

Annual Committed - 9

Daily Greatest number - 4

Principal Primary Sources

Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1841 Session 2, V.177), p.191; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.391), p.66; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Eleventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXI.565), p.57; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Twelfth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXV.1), p.60; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Thirteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXVI.133), p.39; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Fourteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1849, XXVI.93), p.11; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Sixteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.669), p.123; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Nineteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1854, XXXIV.1), p.25; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Twenty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1857, Session 1, VII.401), p.67; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1859, Session 1, XI.169), p.17; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1863, XXIII.1), p.27; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.1), p.54; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.1), p.48

Secondary Sources

http://www.helstonhistory.co.uk/helston-historical-buidings/the-old-prison/; http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-385567-old-town-prison-and-attached-courtyard-w#.Vnv80fmLRaQ

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