Alternative Names Hereford City Gaol and House of Correction
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol & House of Correction/Bridewell, Lock Up
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1842
Date closed 1878
Location Gaol Lane or Gaol Street Hereford
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Herefordshire
Closed as a result of the 1877 Prisons Act, and part of the building was converted into use as the Central Police Station
Alternative Names Hereford City Gaol and House of Correction
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1842
Date closed 1878
Location Gaol Lane or Gaol Street Hereford
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 52.0560198 Long. -2.711722
County Herefordshire
Closed as a result of the 1877 Prisons Act, and part of the building was converted into use as the Central Police Station
Year 1843
Annual Confined - 294
Daily Census - 20
Year 1848
Annual Confined - 261
Daily Daily average - 25
Year 1853
Annual Confined - 187
Daily Daily average - 15
Year 1858
Annual Committed - 137
Daily Daily average - 12
Year 1863
Annual Committed - 291
Daily Greatest number - 38
Year 1868
Annual Committed - 243
Daily Daily average - 18
Year 1873
Annual Committed - 228
Daily Daily average - 18
Year 1878
Annual Committed - 12
Daily Daily average - 0
Archive name: Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre
Catalogue ref: A86/1E-4
Collection: Herefordshire County Council
Description: Hereford City Gaol: papers
Dates: 1837-1880
Archive name: Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre
Catalogue ref: AK68/2
Collection: None
Description: Report on the amalgamation of Hereford City and County police and gaols
Dates: 1872
Archive name: Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre
Catalogue ref: HCC minutes
Collection: Hereford City Council
Description: The Herefored City Council minutes include much relevant material on the administration of the city prisons. Including an investigation into rebuilding the Bye Street Gaol (20 March 1837), and the that land belonging to Mr Cam in Little Gaol Lane, Hereford, be purchased for £550 as a site for the new city Gaol (1 January 1838)
Dates: undated
Archive name: Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre
Catalogue ref: K38/Cd/6 Box 2
Collection: None
Description: Notes on gaols and prisons from City Council minute books
Dates: undated
Archive name: Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre
Catalogue ref: BP100
Collection: None
Description: Drawings and plans of Hereford gaols
Dates: undated
Archive name: Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre
Catalogue ref: G36/A/26
Collection: None
Description: Hereford City Gaol, Gaol Street: photograph of Chief of Police
Dates: undated