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Bodmin Gaol
Falmouth Gaol
Helstone Gaol
Penzance Prison
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Her Majesty's Prison, Cornwall
At Berrycombe (Burcom), about half a mile north west of the Town of
Bodmin, on the slope of an eminence facing southwards, was originally erected
under a local Act of Parliament, 18 George III c.17 (1777-78), and rebuilt in
1855-58 from designs by Mr. Porter, architect of London. It includes cells for
129 prisoners, residences for the Governor and Chaplain, and a chapel. In 1888
two blocks of buildings, formerly used for imprisoned debtors and Women, were
detached, and constituted by Admiralty Warrant a Royal Naval Prison, and were
opened as such 3rd April in that year.
Civil Prison
William Repulsa Shelton, Chief Warder in Charge
Rev. Charles Boutflower Simpson, Chaplain
Bartholomew Gidley Derry, Medical Officer
Joseph Barker, Clerk
Royal Naval Prison
Commander Pearson Campbell Johnstone, RN, Governor
Chaplain & Medical Officer same as Civil Prison.
Rev. Cuthbert McAdam, Catholic Chaplain
Joseph Edmunds, Clerk and Storekeeper.
Source: Kelly's Directory 1897
Records
Cornwall Record Office
County Hall,
Truro
TR1 3AY
Tel 01872 273698
http://194.176.197.181/council-services/ab-de01/ab-de10/ab-de10.htm
Page updated August 06, 2007
by Rossbret
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Cornwall Prisons