Hertford Borough Gaol

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Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   n/a

Date closed   n/a

Location   south side Ware Road   Hertford

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Hertfordshire

Critical Remarks

Although the Borough Gaol submited a separate return under Schedule A in 1828, and was listed in the 1833 Return, it was in fact located on the same site as the County Gaol and House of Correction (ID 31), and in all other official sources considered part of that institution. The 1828 Return does state that all three institutions (County Gaol, County House of Correction and Borough Gaol) shared the same senior management. The separate borough gaol which had been located in Back Street in the eighteenth century was abolished by 1790.

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   n/a

Date closed   n/a

Location   south side Ware Road   Hertford

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.8013378  Long.   -0.0576916

County   Hertfordshire

Critical Remarks

Although the Borough Gaol submited a separate return under Schedule A in 1828, and was listed in the 1833 Return, it was in fact located on the same site as the County Gaol and House of Correction (ID 31), and in all other official sources considered part of that institution. The 1828 Return does state that all three institutions (County Gaol, County House of Correction and Borough Gaol) shared the same senior management. The separate borough gaol which had been located in Back Street in the eighteenth century was abolished by 1790.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   17

Daily Census   -   17

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   24

Daily Greatest number   -   3

Principal Primary Sources

  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (1829, XIX.401), p.59
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.54
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 5 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXVI.1), p.2888

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.hertford.net/history/gaol.php