Belle Vue Gaol

It was notorious at the time for abysmal prisoner living conditions.

[2] When the building of the gaol, located near Hyde Road, commenced circa 1845 it was intended to have been a short-term prison[3] housing male and female inmates who were serving sentences of no more than six months.

There were also facilities for securing prisoners awaiting trial at the Assize Court (after July 1864) in Manchester and the Quarter Sessions located nearby.

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A line drawing of a large Victorian building in the background. In the foreground there is a representation of a small inn called the Bowling Green.
Belle Vue Gaol c. 1870