Alternative Names Pontefract Town Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol, Lock Up
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened unknown
Date closed [c1830]
Location town hall, bottom of the Market Place Pontefract
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Yorkshire
By the 1830s at least, functioned only as a lock up.
Alternative Names Pontefract Town Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened unknown
Date closed [c1830]
Location town hall, bottom of the Market Place Pontefract
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 53.6916711 Long. -1.3103839
County Yorkshire
By the 1830s at least, functioned only as a lock up.
Archive name: West Yorkshire Archive Service, Wakefield
Catalogue ref: WMT/PO/10/222
Collection: Pontefract Borough
Description: Miscellaneous papers, correspondence, receipts, prisoner returns and maintenance, balance sheets
Dates: 1797-1880