Orford Borough Gaol

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Overview

Alternative Names   Orford Borough Gaol and Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1813

Date closed   [1844]

Location   under town hall   Orford

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Suffolk

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the penal statistics for 1843.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Orford Borough Gaol and Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1813

Date closed   [1844]

Location   under town hall   Orford

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   52.086405  Long.   1.530932

County   Suffolk

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the penal statistics for 1843.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   1

Daily Census   -   0

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   0

Daily Census   -   0

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.462
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 4 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXV.1), p.2513
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District. First Report (Parl. Papers, 1836, XXXV.161), p.98

Additional Primary Sources

  • The Penny Cyclopedia, by G. Long, SDUK, 1842, p. 220