Alternative Names Poole Town Gaol, Poole Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol & House of Correction/Bridewell
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1798
Date closed 1878
Location King Street (near Thames Street) Poole
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Dorset
Alternative Names Poole Town Gaol, Poole Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1798
Date closed 1878
Location King Street (near Thames Street) Poole
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 50.7127279 Long. -1.9898282
County Dorset
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 42
Daily Greatest number - 12
Year 1832
Annual Committed - 22
Daily Greatest number - 6
Year 1838
Annual Confined - 66
Daily Census - 13
Year 1843
Annual Confined - 28
Daily Census - 4
Year 1848
Annual Confined - 45
Daily Daily average - 4
Year 1853
Annual Confined - 41
Daily Daily average - 3
Year 1858
Annual Committed - 62
Daily Daily average - 3
Year 1863
Annual Committed - 77
Daily Greatest number - 9
Year 1868
Annual Committed - 53
Daily Daily average - 2
Year 1873
Annual Committed - 47
Daily Daily average - 7
Year 1878
Annual Committed - 0
Daily Daily average - 0
Archive name: Dorset History Centre
Catalogue ref: DC/PL/C/E/2/2
Collection: Poole Borough
Description: List of Bills for the Sheriff re the use of the Gaol, and a letter enclosing the prison diet to be conferred in the Gaol (diet list not included) (27 September, November 1847)
Dates: 1847
Archive name: Dorset History Centre
Catalogue ref: DC/PL/B/1/4/3
Collection: Poole Borough
Description: Committee minute book. Includes Committees re finance, land, railway (1874), and Prison building (1874).
Dates: 1874