Hythe Borough Gaol

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Overview

Alternative Names   Hithe Town Gaol, Hythe Gaol

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

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1812}

Date closed   [1851]

Location   Stade Street   Hythe

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Kent

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the penal statistics for 1850.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Hithe Town Gaol, Hythe Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1812}

Date closed   [1851]

Location   Stade Street   Hythe

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.0681822  Long.   1.0822309

County   Kent

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the penal statistics for 1850.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   0

Daily Greatest number   -   0

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   7

Daily Greatest number   -   4

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   5

Daily Census   -   3

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   12

Daily Census   -   0

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   12

Daily Daily average   -   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.24
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.55
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 2 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIII.133), p.1008
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.22
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837, XXXII.1), p.51; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXI.1), p.243; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIII.1), p.332; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fourteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.1), p.73

Additional Primary Sources

  • Samuel Bagshaw, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Kent, Volume II (1847), p. 450.

Finance

Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre

Catalogue ref: RD/Rm/Rp19/2/1

Collection: Romney Marsh Rural District Council

Description: Parish of West Hythe. Gaol Rate book. Borough of Hythe Gaol.

Dates: 1865-1874


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre

Catalogue ref: Hy/T/3/9

Collection: Hythe Borough

Description: Conveyance (lease and release). Messuage with Gaol, yard, garden ground etc situate in Beach Street, Hythe, and occupied by James Hyham, Gaoler. Sketch plan. Consideration: £200 (31 January 1824)

Dates: 1824