Saffron Walden Gaol

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Overview

Alternative Names   Saffron Walden Town Gaol, Saffron Walden Borough Gaol and House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol, Lock Up

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1761

Date closed   1818

Location   town hall, Market Place   Saffron Walden

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Essex

Critical Remarks

It is likely that from 1818, the bridewell attached to the workhouse (ID 246) took on some of the gaol's functions, but the cells at the town hall were retained for temporary use, including for prisoners awaiting trial at the Sessions.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Saffron Walden Town Gaol, Saffron Walden Borough Gaol and House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1761

Date closed   1818

Location   town hall, Market Place   Saffron Walden

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.0240689  Long.   0.2415672

County   Essex

Critical Remarks

It is likely that from 1818, the bridewell attached to the workhouse (ID 246) took on some of the gaol's functions, but the cells at the town hall were retained for temporary use, including for prisoners awaiting trial at the Sessions.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   0

Daily Greatest number   -   0

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.511
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.14