Catalogue description DORCHESTER PRISON

This record is held by Dorset History Centre

Details of NG/PR 1
Reference: NG/PR 1
Title: DORCHESTER PRISON
Description:

Former reference of Dorchester Prison archive D.3
Date: 1782-1994
Related material:

For further archives relating to Dorchester Prison held at Dorset Record Office see Cox's Index to the County Records

 

COUNTY ACCOUNTS and COUNTY PRISON AT DORCHESTER. There are also plans of the County Gaol 1824 (reference D525/1) and a photograph of henry john Herbert and fellow convicts, Dorchester Gaol 1887 (reference D.395/2).

 

The Public Record Office holds a Dorchester prison register 1853-1854 (reference PRO/PCOM 2/10).
Held by: Dorset History Centre, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Dorchester Prison
Physical description: 6 subfonds
Publication note:

You may wish to consult an article on the History of Dorchester Prison (reference Ron 9/3/1) and Dorchester Model Prison 1791-1816 by Miss M B Weinstock Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, Volume 78
Administrative / biographical background:

These records relate mainly to Dorchester's present prison on the site in North Square. The prison cost £18,000 and building work was completed in 1795. Prisoners were segregated by their sex and the type of conviction. All prisoners were confined in cells except debtors who were confined in dormitories and had access to a day room.

 

The previous gaol in Dorchester was situated in High East Street.
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