Alternative Names Plymouth Town Gaol, Plymouth Town Prison, Plymouth Borough Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened [1800]
Date closed 1849
Location gaol adjoins to and is partly under the guild or town hall, Guildhall in Whimple Street Plymouth
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Devon
Built 1800, possibly on the site of a previous borough gaol.
Alternative Names Plymouth Town Gaol, Plymouth Town Prison, Plymouth Borough Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened [1800]
Date closed 1849
Location gaol adjoins to and is partly under the guild or town hall, Guildhall in Whimple Street Plymouth
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 50.369804 Long. -4.1397785
County Devon
Built 1800, possibly on the site of a previous borough gaol.
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 45
Daily Greatest number - 12
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 28
Daily Census - 7
Year 1832
Annual Committed - 67
Daily Greatest number - 24
Year 1838
Annual Confined - 116
Daily Census - 21
Year 1843
Annual Confined - 634
Daily Census - 14
Year 1848
Annual Confined - 1014
Daily Daily average - 26
Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
Catalogue ref: 1/608
Collection: Plymouth Borough
Description: Gaol, house of correction. Returns, with lists of prisoners and expenses incurred and other associated papers. Also a return of the gaol describing the facilities and allowances given to prisoners.
Dates: 1821-1835
Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
Catalogue ref: 1648/92
Collection: Plymouth Reformed Corporation
Description: Municipal Offices and Special Committee minute book. References to appointments and salaries of borough surgeon and Mrs Baker for prison. Prison Committee minutes questioning the necessity for building a new Borough Prison.
Dates: 1836-1845
Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
Catalogue ref: 1/362/100
Collection: Plymouth Borough
Description: Application to Richard Jago Squire from a committee of ladies for leave to visit female prisoners, with comments on prison regulations
Dates: 1821
Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
Catalogue ref: 1/362/70/2
Collection: Plymouth Borough
Description: Letter from officials of the Plymouth Auxiliary Bible Society offering to place bibles in the Borough Prison
Dates: 1816
Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
Catalogue ref: 1/613
Collection: Plymouth Borough
Description: Returns of borough prison with of monthly expenses
Dates: 1833-1835
Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
Catalogue ref: 1/63-65
Collection: Plymouth Borough
Description: Plymouth Quarter Sessions and constitution books. Likely to contain material relevant to the administration of Plymouth prisons
Dates: 1795-1835
Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
Catalogue ref: 1/722/5/16/2
Collection: Plymouth Borough
Description: Papers re contract for supplying Guildhall and prisons with coal
Dates: 1836
Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
Catalogue ref: 1/722/5/16/3
Collection: Plymouth Borough
Description: Papers re the supply of bread to town prisons
Dates: 1821-1836
Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
Catalogue ref: 1/643/2
Collection: Plymouth Borough
Description: Borough account book - cash. Includes references to Town prison
Dates: 1821-1822
Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
Catalogue ref: 1/682
Collection: Plymouth Borough
Description: Removal orders for convicts under sentence of transportation in Plymouth borough prisons
Dates: 1802-1836
Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
Catalogue ref: 1648/201
Collection: Plymouth Reformed Corporation
Description: Town Clerk's letter book, with partial name index at back. Includes Mill Prison, the Salvador Del Mundo (prison hulk), transportation (including some names of convicts awaiting), House of Correction / Borough Prison.
Dates: 1808-1816
Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
Catalogue ref: 1/722/5/16/4
Collection: Plymouth Borough
Description: Estimates for pumps to the town prison
Dates: 1818
Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
Catalogue ref: 1/722/5/16/5
Collection: Plymouth Borough
Description: Tenders re alterations in the prison
Dates: 1813
Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
Catalogue ref: 819/7
Collection: Plymouth, Borough, court summonses
Description: Includes case of conveying spirituous liquors to the prisoners in the Town Prison.
Dates: 1809-1810