Alternative Names West Looe Prison
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol, Lock Up
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened c1650
Date closed 1830 [c1850]
Location St Nicholas Church West Looe
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Cornwall
St Nicholas Church ceased to be a place of worship in the mid 1600s, and was converted into a guildhall, theatre, school and gaol. In the mid 1800s, it once again became a church. In the 1818 Return, it is described as a common gaol, but clearly functioning only as a lock up house about 10 years later.
Alternative Names West Looe Prison
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened c1650
Date closed 1830 [c1850]
Location St Nicholas Church West Looe
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 50.3528557 Long. -4.4563163
County Cornwall
St Nicholas Church ceased to be a place of worship in the mid 1600s, and was converted into a guildhall, theatre, school and gaol. In the mid 1800s, it once again became a church. In the 1818 Return, it is described as a common gaol, but clearly functioning only as a lock up house about 10 years later.
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 0
Daily Greatest number - 0
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 0
Daily Census - 0
Year 1832
Annual Committed - 0
Daily Greatest number - 0
Archive name: Cornwall Record Office
Catalogue ref: DCELO/42
Collection: East Looe Borough Council
Description: Report state of Gaols and Houses of correction. Copy of third report on state of gaols and houses of Correction, by Select Committee of the House of Lords. Includes report on East Looe Lock-up House and West Looe Prison (12 May 1835).
Dates: 1835
