St Ives Borough Prison

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Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1818}

Date closed   [1837]

Location   town hall   St Ives

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Cornwall

Critical Remarks

1835 Royal Commission suggests this prison had only been recently constructed. There is very little information about its operational dates etc. 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   St Ives

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   50.207505  Long.   -5.4910755

County   Cornwall

Critical Remarks

1835 Royal Commission suggests this prison had only been recently constructed. There is very little information about its operational dates etc. 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   -   0

Daily Greatest number   -   0

Principal Primary Sources

  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.6
  • 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.6
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (1829, XIX.401), p.26
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.97
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 1 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIII.1), p.620