Sandwich Borough Gaol

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Overview

Alternative Names   Sandwich Borough Gaol and House of Correction, Sandwich Town Gaol

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

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1831

Date closed   1878

Location   between Millwall and St Clement's Church   Sandwich

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Kent

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Sandwich Borough Gaol and House of Correction, Sandwich Town Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1831

Date closed   1878

Location   between Millwall and St Clement's Church   Sandwich

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.2728117  Long.   1.3422251

County   Kent

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   101

Daily Greatest number   -   21

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   173

Daily Census   -   12

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   297

Daily Census   -   25

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   190

Daily Daily average   -   17

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   139

Daily Daily average   -   16

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   184

Daily Daily average   -   23

 

Year 1863

Annual Committed   -   165

Daily Greatest number   -   25

 

Year 1868

Annual Committed   -   189

Daily Daily average   -   22

 

Year 1873

Annual Committed   -   251

Daily Daily average   -   31

 

Year 1878

Annual Committed   -   0

Daily Daily average   -   0

Principal Primary Sources

  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXXIX.403), p.251; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXXVII.417), p.287; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXXIV.187), p.299; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847, XLVII.297), p.303; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847-48, LII.465), p.307
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.98
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 2 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIII.133), p.1052
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.22
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXI.1), p.243; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIII.1), p.337; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.1), p.94; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1859, Session 1, XI.169), p.37; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1861, XXIX.1), p.42; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1863, XXIII.1), p.53; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.1), p.131; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.1), p.117; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1867-68, XXXIV.203), p.160; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1868-69, XXIX.1), p.108; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1870, XXXVII.1), p.120; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.241), p.154; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1872, XXXI.1), p.91; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1873, XXXII.1), p.179; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1874, XXIX.1), p.204; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1875, XXXVII.1), p.222; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Fortieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1876, XXXV.1), p.222; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Forty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1877, XLIII.1), p.226; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Forty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1878, XLI.1), p.228

Additional Primary Sources

  • Samuel Bagshaw, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Kent, Volume II (1847), p. 294.

Management

Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre

Catalogue ref: Sa/JP1

Collection: Sandwich Borough

Description: Special and Petty Sessions minute book. Includes Gaol Sessions.

Dates: 1855-1862


Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre

Catalogue ref: Sa/JQg2

Collection: Sandwich Borough

Description: Prints of an Act for building a new gaol and for vesting the appointment of a bailiff in the mayor and jurats

Dates: 1829


Finance

Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre

Catalogue ref: Sa/JQf4

Collection: Sandwich Borough

Description: Gaol accounts - expenditure incurred by the Governor of the Gaol. 

Dates: 1855-1878


Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre

Catalogue ref: Sa/FAc1

Collection: Sandwich Borough

Description: Combined accounts, ledger: Volume contains the accounts of the Gaol Building Fund. 

Dates: 1816-1944


Staff

Archive name: Canterbury Cathedral Archives

Catalogue ref: DCb/F/F/S/1-4

Collection: Diocese of Canterbury

Description: Licences for Chaplains - Sandwich Gaol

Dates: 1858-1873


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre

Catalogue ref: Sa/JQg1

Collection: Sandwich Borough

Description: Contract for erecting a new gaol, gaoler's house and house of correction with plans

Dates: 1829


Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre

Catalogue ref: Sa/JQg3

Collection: Sandwich Borough

Description: Fire insurance policy (gaol)

Dates: 1831