Wellington Lock-up House

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Overview

Prison Type   Local Lock-up

Date opened   c1837

Date closed   unknown

Location   Church Street   Wellington

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Shropshire

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Lock-up

Date opened   c1837

Date closed   unknown

Location   Church Street   Wellington

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.7022254  Long.   -2.5207789

County   Shropshire

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Principal Primary Sources

  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Third Report (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XXXI.177), p.96; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Seventeenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852, XXIV.1), p.58

Additional Primary Sources

  • Samuel Bagshaw, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Shropshire (Sheffield, 1851), p. 425

Finance

Archive name: Shropshire Archives

Catalogue ref: XQ/A/6/4/5/5

Collection: Shropshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Memoranda re the Lock-up expenses at Oswestry and Wellington

Dates: 1873-1875