Louth Borough Lock-Up

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Overview

Prison Type   Local Lock-up

Date opened   unknown

Date closed   [1854]

Location   town hall   Louth

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Lincolnshire

Critical Remarks

Probably closed in 1854 when the new town hall, complete with lock ups, was completed.

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Lock-up

Date opened   unknown

Date closed   [1854]

Location   town hall   Louth

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   53.363146  Long.   -0.0027868

County   Lincolnshire

Critical Remarks

Probably closed in 1854 when the new town hall, complete with lock ups, was completed.

Principal Primary Sources

  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXV.565), p.33; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.1), p.117; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.227), p.89; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.291), p.126; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Sixteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.461), p.99; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventeenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852-53, LII.1), p.57; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Nineteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1856, XXXIII.385), p.44

Additional Primary Sources

  • William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire (Sheffield, 1856), p. 247