Alternative Names Ipswich Town and Borough Gaol, Ipswich Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened pre 1800
Date closed 1820
Location St Matthew's Street Ipswich
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Suffolk
May have also served as the County Gaol until the construction of the new County Gaol in St Helen's Street (ID 68) in 1790.
Alternative Names Ipswich Town and Borough Gaol, Ipswich Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened pre 1800
Date closed 1820
Location St Matthew's Street Ipswich
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 52.0599375 Long. 1.1475703
County Suffolk
May have also served as the County Gaol until the construction of the new County Gaol in St Helen's Street (ID 68) in 1790.
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 64
Daily Greatest number - 20
Archive name: Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch
Catalogue ref: C/2/9/1/2/5/2-4
Collection: Ipswich Borough Quarter Sessions
Description: Account of bread supplied by Frederick Coe to prisoners in Gaol and Bridewell
Dates: 1800-1805
Archive name: Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch
Catalogue ref: C/2/9/1/2/6/2
Collection: Ipswich Borough Quarter Sessions
Description: Treasurer of the Marshalsea rate, vouchers, general series. Later bundles include salaries of Officers such as the Recorder, Gaoler, Keeper of the Bridewell, Gaol Surgeon, Gaol Chaplain and his Clerk.Also, repair of the Gaol and Bridewell, and the welfare of the prisoners, including weekly subsistence payments, detailed accounts of bread supplied to each named prisoner, provision of clothing, shaving them and cutting their hair, and an annual Christmas dinner. There are occasional bills and orders for escorting convicted felons to the Hulks to await transportation to the colonies.
Dates: 1696-1832
Archive name: Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch
Catalogue ref: C/2/9/1/2/6
Collection: Ipswich Borough Quarter Sessions
Description: Treasurer of the Marshalsea Rate. Includes information on rates for the maintenance of the Gaol and House of Correction
Dates: 1632-1835
Archive name: Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch
Catalogue ref: C/2/9/1/2/5/1
Collection: Ipswich Borough Quarter Sessions
Description: Register of 'prisoners under confinement in the Town and Borough Gaol'. Details for each prisoner include name, age, trade, height, complexion, date of committal, name of committing Magistrate, length of sentence, crime of which indicted or convicted, and date of discharge. A note inside front cover reads 'John Flord Wilkinson made his escape from prison the 27 of September 1811 and was retaken the same day'.
Dates: 1800-1824
