Monument record 1169101001 - HMP Spring Hill

Summary

HM Spring Hill prison, opened in 1953.

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Type and Period (1)

  • PRISON (Opened 1953, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

The hutted World War 2 military camp at Grendon Hall was taken over by the Prison Commission in 1953 and opened as a prison, known as HMP Spring Hill. The inmate accomodation is in the hutted camp and the prison is operated as an 'open prison' (B3).

Sources (2)

  • <3>SBC23108 Bibliographic reference: Allan Brodie, Jane Groom & James O Davies. 2002. English Prisons: An Architectural History. pp185,186,257,262.
  • <5>SBC25319 Unpublished document: RCHME. 1995?. HMP Spring Hill (National Monuments Record file no. 93830).

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 68372 21973 (447m by 482m)
Civil Parish GRENDON UNDERWOOD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

May 25 2020 9:54AM

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