Nottingham Town Gaol

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Overview

Alternative Names   Nottingham Town Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   [1791]

Date closed   1846

Location   partly under the Guildhall, or Town Hall at the foot of High Pavement   Nottingham

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Nottinghamshire

Critical Remarks

Prison was rebuilt in 1791, but original foundation date unknown.By 1842, was only used for debtors. In 1846, closed completely, as the Town House of Correction (ID 114) also took up the role of Town Gaol.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Nottingham Town Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   [1791]

Date closed   1846

Location   partly under the Guildhall, or Town Hall at the foot of High Pavement   Nottingham

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.95146  Long.   -1.146141

County   Nottinghamshire

Critical Remarks

Prison was rebuilt in 1791, but original foundation date unknown.By 1842, was only used for debtors. In 1846, closed completely, as the Town House of Correction (ID 114) also took up the role of Town Gaol.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   173

Daily Greatest number   -   50

 

Year 1823

Annual Committed   -   87

Daily Census   -   30

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   139

Daily Census   -   169

 

Year 1833

Annual Committed   -   95

Daily Census   -   147

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   157

Daily Census   -   12

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   226

Daily Census   -   21

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.457
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.38
  • [Second] Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1820), p.51; Fifth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1823), Appendix, p.91; Sixth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1824), Appendix, p.111; Seventh Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1827), Appendix, p.120; Eighth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1832), Appendix, p.36
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1824, XIX.359), p.292; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.374; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.364; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.318; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.374; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.335; Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.339; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830-31, XII.1), p.331; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1831-32. XXXIII.197), p.331; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.1), p.357; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1834, XLVI.1), p.342; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1835, XLIV.225), p.326; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1836, XLII.1), p.219; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837, XLV.1), p.221; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837-8, XLIII.227), p.222; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXXVIII.17), p.220; Reports Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.1), p.237; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1841, XVIII.1), p.250; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXXII.1), p.250; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1843, XLIII.1), p.252; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXXIX.403), p.242; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXXVII.417), p.280; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXXIV.187), p.290; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847, XLVII.297), p.295; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847-48, LII.465), p.299
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 3 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIV.1), p.1995
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.48
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern, Third Report (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XXXI.1), p.28; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXV.565), p.12; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.1), p.87; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1843, XXV. & XXVI.249), p.114; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIV.1), p.159

Additional Primary Sources

  • William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Nottinghamshire (2nd edn, Sheffield & London, 1885-6), p. 237

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/monographs/potterbriscoe1895/guildhallp2.htm

Management

Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives

Catalogue ref: C/QAG/2/5-50

Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Material includes rules for the House of Correction and Town Gaol as well as the County Gaol. Matters dealt with include prisoners condemned to death, debtors, officers, dietary, separation and administration (also applicable to the House of Correction).

Dates: 1801-1872


Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives

Catalogue ref: C/QACP/5/4/575

Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Reports of visiting JPs and prison inspectors

Dates: 1837


Staff

Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives

Catalogue ref: C/QAG/2/25

Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Copy letter to Archbishop of York, notifying him of appointment of Chaplains to Gaol and House of Correction, according to Act

Dates: 1823


Prisoners

Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives

Catalogue ref: C/QS/NK/12/1-6

Collection: Newark Borough Quarter Sessions

Description: Copy returns of prisoners committed at the Sessions to the Borough Gaol and Southwell House of Correction, listing names, crimes and sentences

Dates: 1805-1806, 1810-1813