Wolverhampton Borough Lock Up House

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Records

Overview

Prison Type   Local Lock-up

Date opened   1847

Date closed   unknown

Location   Public Office and Police Station in Garrick Street   Wolverhampton

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Staffordshire

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Lock-up

Date opened   1847

Date closed   unknown

Location   Public Office and Police Station in Garrick Street   Wolverhampton

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.5835229  Long.   -2.1275746

County   Staffordshire

Navigation

Principal Primary Sources

  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Seventeenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852, XXIV.1), p.72

Additional Primary Sources

  • William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire (2nd edn, Sheffield, 1851), p. 78

Management

Archive name: Wolverhampton City Archives 

Catalogue ref: WOL-C-WAT/4

Collection: Wolverhampton Watch Committee

Description: Minute books (1853-1900). Includes record of occupation of cells by county prisoners.

Dates: 1864-1865