Ripon Liberty Prison

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Overview

Alternative Names   Ripon Liberty Gaol, Ripon Prison of the Court Military, Borough of Ripon Common Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Franchise

Date opened   pre 1800

Date closed   {1828}

Location   Old Courthouse, by Minster Road, near Cathedral   Ripon

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Yorkshire

Critical Remarks

Likely that by 1818 only held debtors.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Ripon Liberty Gaol, Ripon Prison of the Court Military, Borough of Ripon Common Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Franchise

Date opened   pre 1800

Date closed   {1828}

Location   Old Courthouse, by Minster Road, near Cathedral   Ripon

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   54.1357779  Long.   -1.5206754

County   Yorkshire

Critical Remarks

Likely that by 1818 only held debtors.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   8

Daily Greatest number   -   4

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   3

Daily Census   -   3

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.503
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.62
  • 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.50
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (1829, XIX.401), p.106

Additional Primary Sources

  • W. Farrar, The History of Ripon: with descriptions of Studley-Royal, Fountains Abbey, Newby, Hackfall, etc (London, 1806), pp. 150-1

Secondary Sources

  • http://openplaques.org/plaques/10232