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A History of the County of Bedford
… its gate-house at either end, one serving as the borough gaol, favours the idea of separation. The division of north … the 'Saracen's Head,' the 'Ship,' the 'Swan.' The county gaol of Bedfordshire has always been situated within the … found their original inspiration. The first mention of the gaol is found in 1165, when an entry of 4 for work connected …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… was Buckingham inconveniently situated, but that it had no gaol, that for the county being at Aylesbury. 33 Buckingham … fixed at Buckingham, 34 but also built and presented a gaol to the borough, the curious castellated building which … seen at the north-east end of the market square. 35 This gaol is not the only building which Buckingham owes to …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… chapel, were authorized in 1868. 859 When Fisherton Anger gaol was closed, Devizes became the only county prison, and, … in Town Hall, Devizes. The architects' accts. with the gaol cttee. (in W.A.S. Libr., Devizes) cover 181015. The …
A History of the County of Surrey
… and a modern projecting wing. The roofs are tiled. The new gaol has now been removed from Guildford. The keep of the castle was the county gaol for Surrey and Sussex 11 from 1202, when 4 s. were paid for the repair of the gaol in the castle, as late as December 1508, 12 when a deed …
A History of the County of Hertford
… manor in the grant to the Earl of Salisbury (see above). Gaol delivery for the county took place at Hertford Castle. … 12 s. for bread and drink for poor prisoners in the 'Maine Gaol,' and 8 s. for a breakfast for the administering …
A History of the County of Hertford
… in Railway Street at the present day. The old county gaol, now superseded by the prison at St. Albans, stood on … the Ware road. At the end of the 12th century there was a gaol at Hertford, entries for the repair of which appear on … in 1225 a mandate was issued to the sheriff to build a new gaol there. 19 This, however, also seems to have fallen into …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… this occasion. 50 In 1658 there was a Quaker in Huntingdon gaol for conscience' sake. 51 The medival superstition about … a house (No. 155) which marks the site of the old county gaol. There still remains a barred window near the ground … cellar. The keeper's house was against the street and the gaol behind it. A new gaol was built on another site in 1828, …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… tradition that a church stood near Orchard Lane behind the gaol, which may have been that of St. Lawrence. Germyn lane …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and 'the earl kept Oliver, but John was committed to gaol'. 29 Prisoners could be kept at Lewes for three days … indicted before the Earl of Arundel's steward at Lewes: Gaol Delivery R. 178, m. 9. Rot. Parl. (Rec. Com.), vi, 388. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… to be the chief town of Sussex. It now housed the county gaol, 129 and the county court was held alternately at Lewes …
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