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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the peace, comprising three justices of the peace, and a gaol. The justices were required, however, to send those … sessions for treason, murder, or felony to the county gaol. The power of the mayor was greatly extended: … a felon to it, and in 1575 when it was repaired. 420 A gaol was expressly granted to the corporation in 1576. 421 It …
A History of the County of Northampton
… suggest that the castle was being used mainly as a county gaol and sheriff's officea checker house and a checker board … Soon after the castle ceased, about 1671, to be used as gaol and sessions house, the site which had been originally … of All Saints' Churchyard, and it served as a county gaol, supplementary to that in the castle. Here probably the …
A History of the County of Northampton
… persecuted in Northampton, and several died in Northampton gaol. They have a meeting house in Wellington Street. The …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… The church was built in 1799 on the site of the old county gaol, the portico added in 1840 and the chancel in 1842. It …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… and appears at one time to have been used as a gaol; some fetters found during an alteration are still … recent times; it is shown in a view of the then new county gaol, made in 1844. 2 In the course of excavations made for … of the Lady chapel, were destroyed in 1843, when the new gaol was erected. The foundations of a large building were …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… his religious opinions on 9 September 1558 30; Richmond Gaol, 31 now only occasionally used for short remands, stands … it may have been rather later. Richmond Parish Reg. The gaol of the honour; the Earls of Richmond had a gaol before the close of the 13th century (Roger Gale, op. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… chamber and cellar, the storage for his prisage wines, the gaol, the castle quay: and among these notices we get a few … and it was garrisoned by five knights. In 1183 work on the gaol cost 24. In 11923, when William Briwer was governor, the … fire-artillery. Since 1775 it had been used as the town gaol, the Bridewell having been settled over the gateway …
A History of the County of Surrey
… the mayor and other justices assigned to deliver the gaol, in the same manner as felons found within the City. … Counter Court. Stow, writing in 1598, says that the county gaol of Surrey had been established in the house in Southwark … in 1755. Subsequently, in 1759 and in 1771, the old gaol was enlarged. 111 An Act of Parliament in 1772 …
A History of the County of Surrey
… justices might still hold in the building the sessions of gaol delivery, as the king had appointed. 44 In 1449 licence …
A History of the County of Surrey
… lands, in 1550. 42 Stow states that those confined in this gaol were 'much punished by straitness of room,' and that … Causeway to Great Cumber Court. He ordered that the New Gaol in Southwark and the highway between it and the King's … fees, and the duty of making regulations for the gaol was given to the Secretary of State. Lunatics were …