Helston Town Gaol and House of Correction

Overview

Details

Records

Overview

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

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

Management

Archive name: Cornwall Record Office

Catalogue ref: RO/1547

Collection: Rogers and Son, Helston, Solicitors

Description: Prison Committee. Kerby.

Dates: 1868-1874


Archive name: Cornwall Record Office

Catalogue ref: RO/1998

Collection: Rogers and Son, Helston, Solicitors

Description: Prisons Commission, England

Dates: 1879


Finance

Archive name: Cornwall Record Office

Catalogue ref: RO/1313-3320

Collection: Rogers and Son, Helston, Solicitors

Description: Include treasurer's vouchers: rent for prison plot

Dates: 1870-1889


Staff

Archive name: Cornwall Record Office

Catalogue ref: RO/2310

Collection: Rogers and Son, Helston, Solicitors

Description: Richard Banfield, Prison Keeper

Dates: 1882


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Cornwall Record Office

Catalogue ref: BHEL/371

Collection: Helston Borough

Description: Plans, specifications and estimates, Helston (includes old prison)

Dates: 1890-1897


Archive name: Cornwall Record Office

Catalogue ref: BHEL/80/1-2

Collection: Helston Borough

Description: Plans of Helston Prison

Dates: 1834


Archive name: Cornwall Record Office

Catalogue ref: RO/1505

Collection: Rogers and Son, Helston, Solicitors

Description: William H. Eddy, Painter, Glazier and Paper Hanger. Helston Prison House.

Dates: 1874