Catalogue description MAIDSTONE GAOL RECORDS

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Title: MAIDSTONE GAOL RECORDS
Description:

These volumes supplement the information found in the Quarter and General Sessions records.
Date: 1805-1853
Arrangement:

CATALOGUED BY F HULL, FEBRUARY 1964
Held by: Kent History and Library Centre, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Maidstone Gaol
Physical description: 5 files
Immediate source of acquisition:

DEPOSITED BY THE GOVERNOR, MAIDSTONE PRISON 27TH FEBURARY 1964
Administrative / biographical background:

The new gaol at Maidstone was not completed until 1819, but an outbreak of Typhus at the old gaol in King Street resulted in the transfer of women prisoners following a report made in November 1818. The Dartford Bridewell was closed from Michaelmas 1819, prisoners held on more serious charges being transferred to Maidstone under an order of 9 July of that year.
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