Alternative Names Thetford Town Gaol, Thetford Borough Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol & House of Correction/Bridewell
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1796
Date closed [1857]
Location Old Market Street (no. 4) Thetford
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Norfolk
Last appears in the Judicial Statistics for 1856.
Alternative Names Thetford Town Gaol, Thetford Borough Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1796
Date closed [1857]
Location Old Market Street (no. 4) Thetford
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 52.410849 Long. 0.7498432
County Norfolk
Last appears in the Judicial Statistics for 1856.
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 4
Daily Greatest number - 7
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 13
Daily Census - 13
Year 1832
Annual Committed - 35
Daily Greatest number - 8
Year 1838
Annual Confined - 19
Daily Census - 1
Year 1843
Annual Confined - 43
Daily Census - 7
Year 1848
Annual Confined - 45
Daily Daily average - 4
Year 1853
Annual Confined - 22
Daily Daily average - 3
Archive name: Norfolk Record Office
Catalogue ref: T/C 2
Collection: Thetford Borough Council
Description: Assembly minute books
Dates: 1682-1945
Archive name: Norfolk Record Office
Catalogue ref: T/QS 2-7
Collection: Thetford Borough Council
Description: Quarter Sessions minute books
Dates: 1751-1833, 1839-1951
Archive name: Norfolk Record Office
Catalogue ref: T/QS 8
Collection: Thetford Borough Council
Description: Quarter Sessions files
Dates: 1897-1898
Archive name: Norfolk Record Office
Catalogue ref: C/PO 1/52
Collection: Norfolk County Constabulary
Description: Chaplain's visiting book
Dates: 1841-1857
Archive name: Norfolk Record Office
Catalogue ref: C/PO 1/51
Collection: Norfolk County Constabulary
Description: Surgeon's visiting book, including annual reports to Quarter Sessions
Dates: 1841-1856
Archive name: Norfolk Record Office
Catalogue ref: C/PO 1/53-54
Collection: Norfolk County Constabulary
Description: Receiving books
Dates: 1839-1857
Archive name: Norfolk Record Office
Catalogue ref: T/TC 5/16
Collection: Thetford Borough Council
Description: Bundle of tenders, specifications and contracts, including Samuel Holden and the Corporation for repairs to the Gaol (1882)
Dates: 1872-1927