Alternative Names Penzance Town Prisons
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened c1614 [c1805]
Date closed c1826
Location at the end of the Oat Market House; Corn Market, town centre Penzance
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Cornwall
Sources suggest that the old borough gaol in Penzance was located in the corn market. However, in 1812 Neild suggests that this prison had been replaced by a new gaol located in Oat Market House, formerly the old school, in about 1805. It is possible that Neild is mistaken, and that corn market and Oat Market House are the same gaol.
Alternative Names Penzance Town Prisons
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened c1614 [c1805]
Date closed c1826
Location at the end of the Oat Market House; Corn Market, town centre Penzance
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 50.1191129 Long. -5.5370781
County Cornwall
Sources suggest that the old borough gaol in Penzance was located in the corn market. However, in 1812 Neild suggests that this prison had been replaced by a new gaol located in Oat Market House, formerly the old school, in about 1805. It is possible that Neild is mistaken, and that corn market and Oat Market House are the same gaol.
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 8
Daily Greatest number - 2
