Gaol Collection (page 3)

Northleach Prison, Gloucestershire
The Gloucestershire County gaol at Northleach. Unusually, its cells were arranged around the circumference of a polygon with the cell doors opening onto an unenclosed walkway

Peterborough Jail
The entrance to Peterborough Gaol (or Jail). The prison, designed by W J Donthorn, opened in 1842 but was closed in 1878. Part of the old building is now used as a restaurant. Date: 1905

The Old Curiosity Shop, Kit behind bars
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841

Newgate Prison - the condemned cell
A prisoner, watched over by a warder, reads as he spends his final few hours in the condemned cell at Newgate Prison Date: 1873

Lostwithiel Gaol

Public Jail at Juarez, Mexico Date: 1906

Surrey County Gaol, Horsemonger Lane
A view of Surrey County Gaol, Horsemonger Lane, Southwark. Date: 1862

Prisons de Payas - Yakacik - Turkey - 20km from Iskenderun. Date: circa 1905

Kitchen and inmates, Portland Prison, Dorset
A kitchen or cook-house at Portland Prison, Dorset. Inmates in arrow-patterned uniforms stand in front of a row of large steam-heated cooking coppers

Middlesex House of Correction, Clerkenwell, London
The Middlesex House of Correction, opened in 1794, was later known as Cold Bath Prison, then Clerkenwell Gaol. It became a debtors prison before closing in 1885

Calton Hill, Prison, Railway, Royal High School, Edinburgh
A general view of central Edinburgh showing Calton Hill (upper centre), Edinburgh Prison (centre), rail tracks (lower centre) and the Royal High School (centre left)

The Night-in-Gale (Gaol) by George Ranstead
Humorous cartoon depicting a well-dressed reveller sitting resignedly in a prison cell following some sort of misdemeanour the previous evening

A Suffragettes Appeal to John Bull
An illustrated postcard from around 1910 depicts a suffragette, shackled and in a prison cell. She is making an appeal to John Bull - a personification of England - with some lines from The Princess

Exercise Yard, Holloway Prison, North London
Male prisoners taking a turn around the exercise yard at Holloway Prison in north London. Their perambulations were apparently something of a spectator sport

Old Prison, Bodmin, Cornwall
A view of the Old Prison at Bodmin, Cornwall. The prison dates from 1779

Oxford Prison, Oxfordshire
Inmates in the exercise yard at Oxford prison with St Georges Tower looming behind. The prison was originally established in around 1166 as a county gaol and located within the towns Norman castle

Lydford Castle, Devon
A view of Lydford Castle, Devon. In medieval times, the castle was home to the stannary courts which ruled over matters relating to tin mining. Part of the building was used as a prison

Cookery lesson, Askham Grange Prison, North Yorkshire
Inmates at Askham Grange female training prison in North Yorkshire take part in a cookery lesson. The instructor has written a recipe for scones on the blackboard. Date: circa 1945

Durham Gaol, Elvet, County Durham
A view of Durham Gaol at Elvet, County Durham. A horse and wagon and some of the prison staff are in front of the building. The building was erected in 1810

Fitters Shop, Portland Prison, Dorset
The fitters workshop at Portland Prison, Dorset. The prison opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area

Interior of kitchen, Strangeways Prison, Manchester
The interior of a prison kitchen, believed to be at Strangeways Prison, Manchester. The room is filled with assorted boilers, coppers, ovens and cooking hobs. Much of the cooking was done using steam

Cell contents, Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire
The interior and meagre contents of a cell at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire. The inmate sleeps on a plank bed covered by a thin mattress

Inmate at cell window, Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire
An inmate of Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire, stands on a stool to catch a glimpse of the outside world through the high window of his cell

Prison visit, Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire
An inmate at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire, receives a visitor. The meeting takes place through a metal grille and is observed by a prison officer

Prison Chapel, Lincoln Castle, Lincolnshire
Interior of the prison chapel at Lincoln Castle, Lincolnshire. The seats were partitioned to prevent communication between the inmates

Cell Interior, Portland Prison, Dorset
The interior and meagre contents of a cell at Portland Prison, Dorset. The inmates bedding is rolled up on the left. The prison opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed

Prison Gates, Portland Prison, Dorset
Uniformed officers stand at the entrance to Portland Prison, Dorset. The prison opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area

Hollesley Bay Labour Colony Farm, Suffolk
Part of the Hollesley Bay Labour Colony Farm, Suffolk, set up in 1906 for the unemployed of London. Each worker was given a house and a piece of land upon which to become self-sufficient

Dartmoor Convict Prison, Princetown, Devon
An aerial view of Dartmoor Prison, Princetown, Devon. The prison was originally constructed in 1806-9 to hold French prisoners taken during the Napoleonic Wars

Borstal Institution, Portland, Dorset
A view of the Borstal Institution at Portland, Dorset. Originally established in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts, the site was converted for borstal use in 1921

Dartmoor Prison mutiny, January 1932
An aerial view of Dartmoor Prison, Princetown, Devon, during a major disturbance there in January 1932. Smoke is pouring from the central part of the buildings

River frontage of Bridewell Prison, London
The river frontage of Bridewell Prison, London, showing its granaries. Bridewell was established in a former palace of Henry VIII on a bank of the River Fleet

Prison officers, Dartmoor Prison, Princetown, Devon
Uniformed prison officers stand at the main gate of Dartmoor Prison, Princetown, Devon. The prison was originally constructed in 1806-9 to hold French prisoners taken during the Napoleonic wars

Borstal Institution, Borstal, Kent
The original Borstal Institution at Borstal in Kent, originally established in 1902 to provide an alternative to prison for young offenders aged 16 to 21

St Pauls Prison - Ephesus - Turkey
The massive edifice of St Pauls Prison at the site of ancient Ephesus, Turkey

Europe - Your Rope
Pre World War One political cartoon attacking Europe - A prison guard offers Europe, in prisoners fatigues, a metaphorical rope

Entrance to the Prison, Rabat, Morocco
The Prison Gate - Rabat, Morocco. The fine arched entrance has been bricked up for its new role for keeping those within, firmly within!

John Bunyans Bedford, 1874
Engraving showing a portrait of John Bunyan (1628-1688), the English writer and preacher, (centre) and clockwise, from top right

Unveiling the John Bunyan Statue at Bedford, 1874
Engraving showing the unveiling of the John Bunyan statue in Bedford, June 1874. Bunyan (1628-1688), the English writer and preacher

Mamertine Prison / Rome
The prison in which Saint Peter was confined

Prison Hulk / Portsmouth
Prison Hulk, Portsmouth

Smith O brien / Meagher
William Smith O Brien and Thomas Francis Meagher under armed guard in gaol

Agitators Behind Bars
Left-wing agitators behind bars

Parnell Arrested
Parnell, Irish leader, is sent to Kilmainham gaol charged with obstructing the Land Act. He instructs his followers to pay no rent while the Land League is outlawed

Captured Moonlighters
Captured moonlighters - Irish terrorists who struck by night - are marched to Cork gaol

Gordon Riots (Colour)
THE GORDON RIOTS The no-popery crowd, inflamed by Lord George Gordons rabble-rousing oratory, inflame Newgate gaol as well

Postcards / Holloway Jail
Holloway prison... We place them on plank beds and very low diet, To stop all their din, We just run them in, Into this house that man built

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