Penryn Town Prison

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Overview

Alternative Names   Penrhyn Borough Gaol, Penryn Town Prisons, Penryn Prison

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1812}

Date closed   [1838]

Location   Town Hall   Penryn

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Cornwall

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the penal statistics for 1837.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Penrhyn Borough Gaol, Penryn Town Prisons, Penryn Prison

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1812}

Date closed   [1838]

Location   Town Hall   Penryn

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   50.1681824  Long.   -5.1032431

County   Cornwall

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the penal statistics for 1837.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   3

Daily Greatest number   -   2

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   0

Daily Census   -   0

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   6

Daily Greatest number   -   3

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.473
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.6
  • 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.18; 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.6
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (1829, XIX.401), p.24
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.74
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 1 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIII.1), p.564