Weymouth Gaol

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Overview

Alternative Names   Weymouth Debtor's Prison and Lock Up, Weymouth Borough Gaol and Lock Up House

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1818}

Date closed   [1842]

Location   town hall, High W Street   Weymouth

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Dorset

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the penal statistics for 1841.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Weymouth Debtor's Prison and Lock Up, Weymouth Borough Gaol and Lock Up House

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1818}

Date closed   [1842]

Location   town hall, High W Street   Weymouth

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   50.6065052  Long.   -2.4611064

County   Dorset

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the penal statistics for 1841.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   0

Daily Greatest number   -   0

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   0

Daily Greatest number   -   0

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   1

Daily Census   -   0

Principal Primary Sources

  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.12
  • Eighth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1832), Appendix, p.11
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.117
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 2 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIII.133), p.1388
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837, XXXII.659), p.17; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXII.217), p.16; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1841 Session 2, V.177), p.118; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIV.207), p.106; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Twelfth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXV.1), p.126