Sudbury Borough Gaol

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Overview

Alternative Names   Sudbury Borough Gaol and Bridewell, Sudbury Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   pre 1800

Date closed   1828

Location   Friars Street (Gaol Street)   Sudbury

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Suffolk

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Sudbury Borough Gaol and Bridewell, Sudbury Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   pre 1800

Date closed   1828

Location   Friars Street (Gaol Street)   Sudbury

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.0378465  Long.   0.7301639

County   Suffolk

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   2

Daily Greatest number   -   2

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.546
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.44