Romsey Gaol

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Overview

Alternative Names   Romsey Infra Town Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol & House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1818}

Date closed   [1838]

Location   unknown   Romsey Infra

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Hampshire

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the penal statistics for 1837.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Romsey Infra Town Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1818}

Date closed   [1838]

Location   unknown   Romsey Infra

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   50.987344  Long.   -1.5027312

County   Hampshire

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the penal statistics for 1837.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   0

Daily Greatest number   -   0

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   0

Daily Census   -   0

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   0

Daily Greatest number   -   0

Principal Primary Sources

  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.18
  • The Third Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1821), Appendix, p.27; 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.16
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (1829, XIX.401), p.54
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.87
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 2 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIII.133), p.1333