Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol, Lock Up
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1826
Date closed c1840 [1889]
Location Castle Fields (Arthur Street) Oswestry
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Shropshire
By the 1830s, functioning more as a lock up house, though the date when its official function changed is not known. The building was demolished in 1889, but it might have ceased to be used before this date.
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1826
Date closed c1840 [1889]
Location Castle Fields (Arthur Street) Oswestry
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 52.8622325 Long. -3.0536918
County Shropshire
By the 1830s, functioning more as a lock up house, though the date when its official function changed is not known. The building was demolished in 1889, but it might have ceased to be used before this date.
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 11
Daily Census - 14
Year 1832
Annual Committed - 17
Daily Greatest number - 4
