Moorside House of Correction

Overview

Details

Records

Overview

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

Critical Remarks

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 Info

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

Critical Remarks

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.

Principal Primary Sources

Management

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