Leeds Prison

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Overview

Alternative Names   Leeds Borough Prison and Lock Up

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol, Lock Up

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   c1815

Date closed   [1837]

Location   corner of Park Row and West Street   Leeds

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Yorkshire

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the penal statistics for 1836. Continues to be used as a lock up at least until the erection of the new Leeds Borough Gaol (ID 595)

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Leeds Borough Prison and Lock Up

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   c1815

Date closed   [1837]

Location   corner of Park Row and West Street   Leeds

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   53.7980329  Long.   -1.5473412

County   Yorkshire

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the penal statistics for 1836. Continues to be used as a lock up at least until the erection of the new Leeds Borough Gaol (ID 595)

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   905

Daily Greatest number   -   40

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   2291

Daily Greatest number   -   89

Principal Primary Sources

  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.52
  • Fifth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1823), Appendix, p.123; 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.162; 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.165; 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.49
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.62
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 3 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIV.1), p.1623
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837, XXXII.499), p.138; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern, Third Report (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XXXI.1), p.113; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXII.1), p.140; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.1), p.38; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1843, XXV. & XXVI.249), p.146; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIV.1), p.33; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Northern District, Thirteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXVI.361), p.104; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Northern District, Fourteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1849, XXVI.167), p.57; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Sixteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.461), p.88

Additional Primary Sources

  • Edward Baines, History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, Volume I: West Riding (Leeds, 1822), p. 16

Secondary Sources

  • http://archiveswiki.wyjs.org.uk/index.php?title=Town_Hall_Prisons&oldid=6741

Prisoners

Archive name: West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds

Catalogue ref: LC/TC

Collection: Leeds City Council

Description: Committee Clerks' papers. Includes Leeds Town Hall Bridewell record of prisoners.

Dates: 1826-1829