King’s Lynn Borough Gaol

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Overview

Alternative Names   Lynn Regis Town Gaol and House of Correction, King's Lynn Gaol

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

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1784

Date closed   1866

Location   opposite St Margaret's Church, Guildhall in Market Place   King's Lynn

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Norfolk

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Lynn Regis Town Gaol and House of Correction, King's Lynn Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1784

Date closed   1866

Location   opposite St Margaret's Church, Guildhall in Market Place   King's Lynn

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.7520622  Long.   0.3943997

County   Norfolk

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   11

Daily Greatest number   -   15

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   171

Daily Census   -   9

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   122

Daily Greatest number   -   18

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   165

Daily Census   -   34

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   279

Daily Census   -   16

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   166

Daily Daily average   -   11

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   137

Daily Daily average   -   9

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   112

Daily Daily average   -   6

 

Year 1863

Annual Committed   -   102

Daily Greatest number   -   12

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.369
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.34
  • The Third Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1821), Appendix, p.60; Eighth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1832), Appendix, p.33
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (1829, XIX.401), p.79
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.58
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 4 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXV.1), p.2405
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.42
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District. First Report (Parl. Papers, 1836, XXXV.161), p.72; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern, Third Report (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XXXI.1), p.159; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXII.1), p.174; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXV.565), p.121; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.1), p.153; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.227), p.42; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland and Eastern District, Fourteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1849, XXVI.1), p.40; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.291), p.31; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Sixteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.461), p.144; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventeenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852-53, LII.1), p.62; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Eighteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1856, XXXIII.1), p.39; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Twenty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1857-58, XXIX.1), p.40; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1859, Session 1, XI.1), p.72; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1860, XXXV.229), p.64; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1863, XXIII.1), p.66; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.1), p.178; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.1), p.159

Additional Primary Sources

  • Francis White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk (Sheffield, 1854), p. 579

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.archives.norfolk.gov.uk/view/NCC098527

Management

Archive name: King’s Lynn Borough Archives

Catalogue ref: KL/C 39

Collection: King's Lynn Corporation

Description: Chamberlains' accounts. Contain records of alterations to gaol buildings and of appointment and payment of gaolers

Dates: 1319-1835


Archive name: King’s Lynn Borough Archives

Catalogue ref: KL/C 7

Collection: King's Lynn Corporation

Description: Hall books. Contain records of alterations to gaol buildings and of appointment and payment of gaolers

Dates: 1422-1902


Archive name: King’s Lynn Borough Archives

Catalogue ref: KL/TC 2/1/6

Collection: King's Lynn Town Clerk's Department

Description: General Committees, Gaol

Dates: 1863-1864


Staff

Archive name: Norfolk Record Office

Catalogue ref: BL/KL 6/D1 (NCC will register Latten 465)

Collection: None

Description: Proven will of William Davy of King's Lynn, Gaoler

Dates: 1852


Land & Buildings

Archive name: King’s Lynn Borough Archives

Catalogue ref: KL/C 41/31

Collection: King's Lynn Corporation

Description: Chamberlain's vouchers. Improvements to Gaol and hall, including new Council room.

Dates: 1828-1831