The state of the prisons in England and Wales, with preliminary observations, and an account of some foreign prisons and hospitals / By John Howard, F.R.S.
- John Howard
- Date:
- 1792
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The state of the prisons in England and Wales, with preliminary observations, and an account of some foreign prisons and hospitals / By John Howard, F.R.S. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.
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![ANGLESEY. North Wales Circuit. COUNTY BRIDEWELL at MONTGOMERY. Bride- Two rooms in the keeper's thatched houfe; the largeft of which is 18 feet 4 inches well. ky 13 feet 9j no fire-place: and down 8 fteps a damp dungeon 13 feet by 9 feet 3 inches, with ftocks: out of repair: not fecure. No materials for work. No allow- ance. Keeper has a garden: his falary, £13 : 13:4: no fees. 1775, Nov. 29, Prifoner o. 1779, May 16, - - 1. 1782, Sep. 26, - - o. NORTH WALES CIRCUIT. ANGLESEY. COUNTY GAOL at BEAUMARIS. Beau- GAOLER, William Thomas, afterwards John Prkhard, now his Widow. maris. Salary, £5 from the meriff. Fees, Debtors, ~t Felons, H° : * : °* Tranfports, the expence. Licence, Beer. PRISONERS, Allowance, Debtors, none. Felons', a milling loaf a week, and one pound of butter. Number, Debtors. Felons &c. 1774, June 27, 2, o. 1779' Ju]y 24> 4, i- 1782, May 26, 7, 1. CHAPLAIN, none. SURGEON, none. Remarks. THIS gaol is alfo the county bridewell. In 1780 it was altered much for the better. It has five rooms and a court for debtors, and a court for felons. There are three bed- rooms and a day-room (21 feet by 14^) with a fire-place for men-felons, and a day-room in which there is a fmall night-room for women-felons. The keeper's window is pro- perly towards the felons court. No water: no ftraw. Neither claufes againfl fpirituous liquors, nor ad for preferving the health of prifoners, are hung up. The gaoler has /<: a year as keeper of bridewell. No table of fees. *° } r CARNARVON-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2136493x_0502.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
