Kidderminster Town Gaol

Overview

Details

Records

Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1812}

Date closed   [1838]

Location   town hall (old market house)   Kidderminster

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Worcestershire

Critical Remarks

Appeared only in the penal statistics for 1837 (nil return).

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1812}

Date closed   [1838]

Location   town hall (old market house)   Kidderminster

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   52.381734  Long.   -2.2658701

County   Worcestershire

Critical Remarks

Appeared only in the penal statistics for 1837 (nil return).

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.303
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 3 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIV.1), p.1878

Secondary Sources

  • https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/worcs/vol3/pp158-173#anchorn104