Scarborough Borough Gaol and House of Correction

Overview

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Overview

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

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1840

Date closed   1866

Location   Castle Road   Scarborough

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Yorkshire

Critical Remarks

After the closure of the gaol, building used as a police station.

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1840

Date closed   1866

Location   Castle Road   Scarborough

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   54.2862593  Long.   -0.3977928

County   Yorkshire

Critical Remarks

After the closure of the gaol, building used as a police station.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   94

Daily Census   -   10

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   70

Daily Daily average   -   5

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   57

Daily Daily average   -   4

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   115

Daily Daily average   -   7

 

Year 1863

Annual Committed   -   200

Daily Greatest number   -   26

Principal Primary Sources

  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.72
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1843, XXV. & XXVI.249), p.133; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Northern District, Fourteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1849, XXVI.167), p.37; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Sixteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.461), p.71; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Nineteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1856, XXXIII.385), p.90; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Twentieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1857, Session 1, VII.313), p.82; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1857-58, XXIX.209), p.66; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1859, Session 1, XI.213), p.63

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.scarboroughjail.co.uk/castle-road