Alternative Names Lewis Invalid Convict Prison
Prison Type Convict Prison
Date opened 1857
Date closed 1859
Location North Street Lewes
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Sussex
In consequence of a fire which destroyed the Defence prison hulk (ID 2022) in July 1857, the Admirality temporarily lent the old county prison at Lewes (ID 78) which it had recently acquired, for use as a convict invalid prison until new arrangements could be made. In September 1857, the convicts were transferred from Millbank and the Unite prison hulk (ID 2023) where they had been placed after the fire. In March 1860, the convicts and staff were removed from Lewes to the new male convict prison at Woking (ID 1010).
Alternative Names Lewis Invalid Convict Prison
Prison Type Convict Prison
Date opened 1857
Date closed 1859
Location North Street Lewes
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 50.8755 Long. 0.0109
County Sussex
In consequence of a fire which destroyed the Defence prison hulk (ID 2022) in July 1857, the Admirality temporarily lent the old county prison at Lewes (ID 78) which it had recently acquired, for use as a convict invalid prison until new arrangements could be made. In September 1857, the convicts were transferred from Millbank and the Unite prison hulk (ID 2023) where they had been placed after the fire. In March 1860, the convicts and staff were removed from Lewes to the new male convict prison at Woking (ID 1010).
Year 1858
Annual Confined - 563
Daily Census - 305
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: PCOM 2/131
Collection: Prison Commission
Description: Register of prisoners on the Hulk Defence [Lewes Prison from 1 Sept 1857]
Dates: 1857-1860
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: HO 8/133-143
Collection: Home Office
Description: Quarterly returns of prisoners in Hulks and Convict Prisons, Lewes, Sussex
Dates: 1857-1860
