Much Wenlock Lock-Up House

Overview

Details

Records

Overview

Prison Type   Local Lock-up

Date opened   unknown

Date closed   unknown

Location   Barrow Street   Much Wenlock

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Shropshire

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Lock-up

Date opened   unknown

Date closed   unknown

Location   Barrow Street   Much Wenlock

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   52.587467  Long.   -2.5623185

County   Shropshire

Navigation

Principal Primary Sources

  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 3 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIV.1), p.2078
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.193), p.170

Management

Archive name: Shropshire Archives

Catalogue ref: XDA6/1105/6-7

Collection: Wenlock Borough

Description: Minutes of two meetings of the Council of the Wenlock Ward to consider a site for a new Lock-up in Much Wenlock (1863). Also, correspondence re plot of land for a Lock-up (1863).

Dates: 1863


Archive name: Shropshire Archives

Catalogue ref: XDA6/1105/8

Collection: Wenlock Borough

Description: Correspondence, specifications, tenders and contracts for the construction of a Police Station and Lock-up at Much Wenlock, with plans and elevations

Dates: 1863-1864


Archive name: Shropshire Archives

Catalogue ref: XDA6/1101

Collection: Wenlock Borough

Description: Gaol records

Dates: 1863-1878


Archive name: Shropshire Archives

Catalogue ref: XDA6/1101/1

Collection: Wenlock Borough

Description: The Gaol or Lock-up in Barrow Street, Much Wenlock

Dates: 1863-1878


Archive name: Shropshire Archives

Catalogue ref: XDA6/1101

Collection: Wenlock Borough

Description: Gaol

Dates: 1863-1878