Tiverton Gaol

Overview

Details

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Overview

Alternative Names   Tiverton Town Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   pre 1800

Date closed   1829

Location   town hall, corner St Andrew Street and Fore Street   Tiverton

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Devon

Critical Remarks

In 1829, the Gaol was moved from the Town Hall to the House of Correction (ID 161)

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Tiverton Town Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   pre 1800

Date closed   1829

Location   town hall, corner St Andrew Street and Fore Street   Tiverton

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   50.902334  Long.   -3.4893347

County   Devon

Critical Remarks

In 1829, the Gaol was moved from the Town Hall to the House of Correction (ID 161)

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   1

Daily Greatest number   -   1

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -  

Daily   -  

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.558
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.10
  • Seventh Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1827), Appendix, p.28

Secondary Sources

  • Potted history of the Tiverton House of Correction held by Tiverton Museum

Management

Archive name: Devon Heritage Centre

Catalogue ref: R4/1-0/C/308

Collection: Tiverton Borough Council

Description: Papers relating to borough gaols and police

Dates: 1663-1939


Finance

Archive name: Devon Heritage Centre

Catalogue ref: R4/1-0/C/310

Collection: Tiverton Borough Council

Description: Return to Home Office of expenditure on the Gaol and House of Correction since 1800

Dates: 1831