Skirbeck County Lock Up

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Overview

Prison Type   Local Lock-up

Date opened   1849

Date closed   unknown

Location   hamlet of Skirbeck, west side of River Witham   Skirbeck

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Lincolnshire

Critical Remarks

This lock up was located in the Old Skirbeck County House of Correction (ID 48) which had closed in 1838.

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Lock-up

Date opened   1849

Date closed   unknown

Location   hamlet of Skirbeck, west side of River Witham   Skirbeck

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   52.967872  Long.   -0.0210582

County   Lincolnshire

Critical Remarks

This lock up was located in the Old Skirbeck County House of Correction (ID 48) which had closed in 1838.

Principal Primary Sources

  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventeenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852-53, LII.1), p.50

Additional Primary Sources

  • William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire (Sheffield, 1856), p. 290

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1133287

Land & Buildings

Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: HQS/B/16/11

Collection: Holland Quarter Sessions

Description: Conveyance and draft conveyance of lock up and land adjoining

Dates: 1886