Monument record 0035001000 - ADJACENT TO COUNTY HALL

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Historical records of eighteenth to nineteenth century gaol

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Type and Period (1)

PRISON (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

IN 1737 AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT ALLOWED THE JP'S 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 0452).
Description of prison, treadmill and accounts of management of prisoners (B9).

Sources (9)

<1>SBC7626 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 2 PP27-28.
<2>SBC14297 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN P75.
<3>SBC5653 Bibliographic reference: Robert Gibbs. 1885. A History of Aylesbury. pp485-499.
<4>SBC10109 Map: OS 1840 1:500 MAP.
<5>SBC15234 Bibliographic reference: VCH 3 PP1-2.
<6>SBC1986 Bibliographic reference: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE- CALLENDAR TO THE SESSIONS RECORDS 1958 5 1718-1724 (PHOTOCOPY OF RELEVANT SECTION- .
<7>SBC5192 Bibliographic reference: FARNELL M 1982 ACCOUNT BOOKS OF WILLIAM COOPER, MI LLWRIGHT OF AYLESBURY IN RECSOFBUCKS24PP118-124".
<8>SBC12277 Bibliographic reference: PIPE ROLLS (PIPE ROLL SOC VOLS).
<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 No 1.

Location

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