Monument record 0035001000 - ADJACENT TO COUNTY HALL

Summary

Historical records of eighteenth to nineteenth century gaol

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  • PRISON (18th Century to 19th Century - 1737 AD? to 1844 AD)

Description

In 1737 an Act of Parliament allowed the JPs for Bucks to raise money for the completion of a new gaol & court-rooms in Aylesbury (B1).
The gaol, tread-mill etc were adjacent to County Hall; it remained on this site until the new County Gaol was opened in 1844 (B4).
(For new Gaol see CASS 00452).
Description of prison, treadmill and accounts of management of prisoners (B9).
Buildings report dated Oct 1995 - Aug 1996 held at NMR (B11).

Sources (11)

  • <1>SBC26952 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 2). Volume 2. pp27-28.
  • <2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p75.
  • <3>SBC5653 Bibliographic reference: Robert Gibbs. 1885. A History of Aylesbury. pp485-499.
  • <4>SBC10109 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1840. OS 1840 1:500 COUNTY TOWN MAP. 1:500.
  • <5>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp1-2.
  • <6>SBC1986 Bibliographic reference: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE- CALLENDAR TO THE SESSIONS RECORDS 1958 5 1718-1724 (PHOTOCOPY OF RELEVANT SECTION- .
  • <7>SBC5194 Article in serial: Mary Farnell. 1982. 'The Account Books of William Cooper, Millwright of Aylesbury', in Records of Buckinghamshire 24 pp118-124. Vol 24.
  • <8>SBC12277 Bibliographic reference: Pipe Rolls (Pipe Roll Society volumes)).
  • <9>SBC3300 Article in serial: G R Crouch. 1927. 'The Building of the County Hall, Aylesbury', in Recs of Bucks Vol 12 Supplement ppi-xiv. Vol 12, part 7.
  • <10>SBC23108 Bibliographic reference: Allan Brodie, Jane Groom & James O Davies. 2002. English Prisons: An Architectural History. p258.
  • <11>SBC25317 Unpublished document: RCHME. 1996. Aylesbury County Gaol & House of Correction (National Monuments Record file no. 93731).

Location

Grid reference SP 81986 13657 (point)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 7 2024 1:26PM

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