Oswestry Gaol
I'm wondering where the police station and gaol where in Oswestry in April 1877 pls?
Also a relative was sentence as for 9 months imprisonment with hard labour by the general quarter sessions of the peace at Oswestry Guildhall.
I'm wondering if it is likely if he was held at Oswestry Prison.. pls.
Thank you
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Hello Jill
The 1873-1874 25 inch Ordnance Survey map of Oswestry shows the Police Station near the Market Hall. Use this link <https://maps.nls.uk/view/121148174#zoom=6.4&lat=2813&lon=7833&layers=BT> to view the map on the National Library of Scotland web site.
I am told that there were some cells underneath the Guildhall (which also shows on the above map) but these were probably only used to hold prisoners awaiting trial at the Guildhall.
I have also been told that there used to be a Gaol in Oswestry town centre near the junction of Cross Street and Willow Street but it is not named on the map. I believe it moved to or from other locations over time.
It is almost certain that after sentence your relative would have been taken to Shrewsbury Prison to serve his sentence so you need to locate a list of inmates at Shrewsbury which should be at Shropshire Archives.
Michael