York City Gaol

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Overview

Alternative Names   York Gaol for the City and Ainsty, York City New Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1807

Date closed   1838

Location   site adjacent to the Old Baile, now covered by Baile Hill Terrace, Falkland Street, and parts of Newton Terrace and Kyme Street   York

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Yorkshire

Critical Remarks

In 1838, the City Gaol was converted into a New House of Correction for the city (ID 673). Prisoners from the Gaol were sent to the County Gaol at York Castle (ID 88).

Prison Info

Alternative Names   York Gaol for the City and Ainsty, York City New Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1807

Date closed   1838

Location   site adjacent to the Old Baile, now covered by Baile Hill Terrace, Falkland Street, and parts of Newton Terrace and Kyme Street   York

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   53.95385  Long.   -1.0840213

County   Yorkshire

Critical Remarks

In 1838, the City Gaol was converted into a New House of Correction for the city (ID 673). Prisoners from the Gaol were sent to the County Gaol at York Castle (ID 88).

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   52

Daily Greatest number   -   23

 

Year 1823

Annual Committed   -   18

Daily Census   -   8

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   61

Daily Census   -   9

 

Year 1833

Annual Committed   -   75

Daily Census   -   19

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.608
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.54
  • The Third Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1821), Appendix, p.86; Sixth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1824), Appendix, p.154; 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.161; 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.47
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1824, XIX.359), p.300; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.354; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.344; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.299; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.352; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.316; Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.317; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830-31, XII.1), p.312; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1831-32. XXXIII.197), p.312; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.1), p.337; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1834, XLVI.1), p.322; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1835, XLIV.225), p.308; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1836, XLII.1), p.207; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837, XLV.1), p.208; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837-8, XLIII.227), p.210
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 3 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIV.1), p.1750
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837, XXXII.499), p.114

Additional Primary Sources

  • Edward Baines, History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, Volume II: East and North Ridings (Leeds, 1823), p. 65

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/city-of-york/pp491-498

Management

Archive name: York City Archives

Catalogue ref: Y/COU/5/8/1

Collection: York Civic Archive

Description: Committee minutes concerning the consolidation of Gaol and House of Correction

Dates: 1836-1837


Finance

Archive name: York City Archives

Catalogue ref: Y/COU/5/8/2

Collection: York Civic Archive

Description: Gaol Finance Committee minutes

Dates: 1836-1871