Kingston Upon Hull Gaol

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Overview

Alternative Names   Hull Town and County Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1785

Date closed   1829

Location   Castle Street   Kingston Upon Hull

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Yorkshire

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Hull Town and County Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1785

Date closed   1829

Location   Castle Street   Kingston Upon Hull

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   53.7408022  Long.   -0.3392757

County   Yorkshire

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   106

Daily Greatest number   -   40

 

Year 1823

Annual Committed   -   0

Daily Census   -   16

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   247

Daily Census   -   13

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.279
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.52
  • 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.88; Sixth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1824), Appendix, p.161; Seventh Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1827), Appendix, p.164
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1824, XIX.359), p.272; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.362; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.352; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.307; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.360; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.322; Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.325

Additional Primary Sources

  • Edward Baines, History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, Volume II: East and North Ridings (Leeds, 1823), p. 245

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/east/vol1/pp433-443#h3-0004

Management

Archive name: Hull City Archives

Catalogue ref: C DMX/112

Collection: None

Description: Letters regarding Hull Watch Committee, Hull Workhouse and Hull Gaol

Dates: 1826-1840


Staff

Archive name: Hull City Archives

Catalogue ref: C DMX/112/3

Collection: None

Description: Letters asking for assistance in securing a position as Turnkey at Hull Gaol

Dates: 1826