Stockport Gaol

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Overview

Alternative Names   Stockport Lock-up, Stockport Borough Lock Up

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol, Lock Up

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1812}

Date closed   [1818]

Location   town hall, Market Place   Stockport

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Cheshire

Critical Remarks

Had likely functioned as a common gaol up to the beginning of the nineteenth century. Neild stated it was only used for temporary confinement, and the 1818 Return described it as a lock up.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Stockport Lock-up, Stockport Borough Lock Up

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1812}

Date closed   [1818]

Location   town hall, Market Place   Stockport

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   53.4116516  Long.   -2.1570841

County   Cheshire

Critical Remarks

Had likely functioned as a common gaol up to the beginning of the nineteenth century. Neild stated it was only used for temporary confinement, and the 1818 Return described it as a lock up.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   0

Daily Greatest number   -   0

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.545
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.6
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1841 Session 2, V.1), p.30; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Northern District, Thirteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXVI.361), p.98; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Northern District, Thirteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXVI.361), p.97

Additional Primary Sources

  • Samuel Bagshaw, History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County Palatine of Chester (Sheffield, 1850), p. 275