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Town Gaol, Pevensey, Sussex

From about the early seventeenth century, Pevensey had a small Town Gaol located under the court room on the town's High Street.

The Town Serjeant acted as gaoler, for which he received £5 per annum. In 1835, it was noted that although individuals had occasionally been confined in the gaol for two or three weeks at a time, prisoners were almost always committed to the House of Correction at Lewes.

The prison, which contained two cells and an exercise yard was modernised in the 1830s.

The court room and prison remained in use until 1886. The building is now home to the Pevensey Court House Museum and Gaol.

Records

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Bibliography

  • Prison Oracle - resources those involved in present-day UK prisons.
  • GOV.UK - UK Government's information on sentencing, probation and support for families.

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