Scarborough Borough Gaol

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Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1866

Date closed   1878

Location   Dean Road   Scarborough

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Yorkshire

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Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1866

Date closed   1878

Location   Dean Road   Scarborough

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   54.285468  Long.   -0.4085161

County   Yorkshire

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Prisoner Statistics

Year 1868

Annual Committed   -   298

Daily Daily average   -   34

Year 1873

Annual Committed   -   215

Daily Daily average   -   28

Year 1878

Annual Committed   -   17

Daily Daily average   -   0

Principal Primary Sources

  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1867-68, XXXIV.1), p.115; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.1), p.117; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.529), p.178; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1872, XXXI.169), p.93; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1873, XXXII.337), p.176; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1874, XXIX.389), p.215; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1875, XXXVII.417), p.216; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Fortieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1876, XXXV.417), p.221; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1877, XLIII.421), p.220; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1878, XLI.417), p.219

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-447605-the-old-borough-of-scarborough-jail-nort#.VoqUkvmLRaQ; http://www.scarboroughjail.co.uk/dean-road-prison/

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Management

Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: PS/S

Collection: Scarborough Petty Sessions

Description: Includes minute books of the Visiting Justices

Dates: 1874-1878

Daily Business

Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: JA/YCC/4

Collection: Yorkshire County Committee

Description: Includes visitors book for Scarborough Gaol.

Dates: 1867-1878

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