Romford Gaol for the Liberty of Havering atte Bower

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Overview

Alternative Names   Havering Atte Bower Liberty Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Franchise

Date opened   1815

Date closed   [1855]

Location   under courthouse/ town hall   Romford

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Essex

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the penal statistics for 1854.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Havering Atte Bower Liberty Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Franchise

Date opened   1815

Date closed   [1855]

Location   under courthouse/ town hall   Romford

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   51.570655  Long.   0.17742381

County   Essex

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the penal statistics for 1854.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   23

Daily Greatest number   -   6

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   5

Daily Census   -   5

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   80

Daily Greatest number   -   7

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   24

Daily Census   -   1

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   18

Daily Census   -   3

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   30

Daily Daily average   -   0

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   0

Daily Daily average   -   0

Principal Primary Sources

  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.14
  • 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.13
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (1829, XIX.401), p.47
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.86
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 5 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXVI.1), p.2880
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.14
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIII.1), p.214

Management

Archive name: Essex Record Office

Catalogue ref: Q/HR 1/3

Collection: Liberty of Havering-atte-Bower

Description: Annual returns to the Home Secretary of numbers of prisoners confined in the Liberty Gaol, punishments inflicted, cost of maintenance

Dates: 1843-1856