Seaford Gaol

Overview

Details

Records

Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1818}

Date closed   [1837]

Location   town hall   Seaford

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Sussex

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the penal statistics for 1836.

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1818}

Date closed   [1837]

Location   town hall   Seaford

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   50.77171  Long.   0.09755836

County   Sussex

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the penal statistics for 1836.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   0

Daily Greatest number   -   0

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   0

Daily Census   -   0

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   2

Daily Greatest number   -   1

Principal Primary Sources

  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.48
  • 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.44
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (1829, XIX.401), p.101
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.100
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 2 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIII.133), p.1060

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.lewes.gov.uk/Files/plan_Seaford_EUS_reportpages13to25.pdf

Management

Archive name: East Sussex Record Office

Catalogue ref: SEA 127

Collection: Seaford Corporation

Description: Circular letter from Permanent Under-Secretary for Home Affairs, to the Keeper of Seaford Prison. Directs him to furnish details of the extent to which prisoners can read and write.

Dates: 1842