Sandwich Gaol and Bridewell

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Overview

Alternative Names   Sandwich Gaol

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

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   [1756]

Date closed   c1830

Location   Jail Street (now St Peter's Street)   Sandwich

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Kent

Critical Remarks

Nield suggests that the Bridewell at least was built in 1756, but a gaol on this site potentially dates to medieval period.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Sandwich Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   [1756]

Date closed   c1830

Location   Jail Street (now St Peter's Street)   Sandwich

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.2749706  Long.   1.3407442

County   Kent

Critical Remarks

Nield suggests that the Bridewell at least was built in 1756, but a gaol on this site potentially dates to medieval period.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   11

Daily Greatest number   -   11

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   66

Daily Census   -   54

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.519
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.24
  • 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.34; Seventh Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1827), Appendix, p.67; 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.19
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (1829, XIX.401), p.71

Secondary Sources

  • https://www.british-genealogy.com/archive/index.php/t-25663.html

Land & Buildings

Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre

Catalogue ref: Sa/LB6

Collection: Sandwich Borough

Description: Case with opinion concerning the liability of the Bailiff to repair the Gaol

Dates: 1820