Oswestry Borough Gaol

Overview

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Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1782

Date closed   1825

Location   market hall   Oswestry

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Shropshire

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1782

Date closed   1825

Location   market hall   Oswestry

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.8610585  Long.   -3.0543449

County   Shropshire

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   1

Daily Greatest number   -   1

Principal Primary Sources

  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.40
  • The Third Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1821), Appendix, p.65
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 4 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXV.1), p.2830

Secondary Sources

  • http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-435-1/dissemination/pdf/PDF_REPORTS_TEXT/SHROPSHIRE/OSWESTRY_REPORT.pdf