Prison Type Local Prison - House of Correction/Bridewell, Lock Up
Jurisdiction County
Date opened [1750]
Date closed unknown
Location Old Quay House Great Neston
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Cheshire
Originally built as an inn. Converted into a House of Correction in 1750 mainly for Irish vagrants. Closure date unknown. May have been used as a lock up only in the 19th century. No record of this gaol in the official sources, but there are some surviving archival records.
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction County
Date opened [1750]
Date closed unknown
Location Old Quay House Great Neston
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 53.2927097 Long. -3.0815092
County Cheshire
Originally built as an inn. Converted into a House of Correction in 1750 mainly for Irish vagrants. Closure date unknown. May have been used as a lock up only in the 19th century. No record of this gaol in the official sources, but there are some surviving archival records.
Archive name: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Catalogue ref: CCLe 6/39
Collection: Cheshire County Council
Description: Papers relating to Moorside House of Correction in Great Neston
Dates: 1788-1831