Thorp Road Gaol - Peterborough

[oleg_mcnoleg]

Hello all,

I've found an ancestor who is listed in the 1851 Census as a prisoner in Thorp Road Gaol in Peterborough.

Bit of a first this for me - anyone know any information about the place or where i might find some records (or whether they even exist).

thanks!

[ricky1]

Hi

Found this bit of info about it

A new prison was built on Thorpe Road in 1840 in the style of Pentonville Prison in London. The front of this building survives today as the Sessions House restaurant. This was the Peterborough prison up until 1878, when prisoners were instead sent to Northampton or Cambridge

ricky

[ricky1]

Hi

I think this is a picture of it on this website, its the 23 rd picture from the bottom

http://www.deltatango.freeserve.co.uk/peterborough.html

ricky

[oleg_mcnoleg]

Ricky

thanks for the swift response - some interesting photos there.

now to try and hunt down some records.

cheers!

[yogibear]

hi i live in peterborough right near the sessions house i will go and ask if they have any records if you like. let me know

[oleg_mcnoleg]

That'd be great.

The name i'm interested in is a John Stephen CARTER b c.1824

He got married in about 1847 so that means he was incarcerated sometime between 1847 & 1851 if that helps at all.

[littlefacey]

Long shot as this is an old post but did you ever find anywhere online that stored these records?