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Ayr, Wellington Square, Prison

Prison (19th Century) - (20th Century)

Site Name Ayr, Wellington Square, Prison

Classification Prison (19th Century) - (20th Century)

Canmore ID 202838

Site Number NS32SW 510

NGR NS 33297 21768

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/202838

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Administrative Areas

  • Council South Ayrshire
  • Parish Ayr
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Kyle And Carrick
  • Former County Ayrshire

Architecture Notes

EXTERNAL REFERENCE

Scottish Records Office

Description of Ayr Prison contained in a report on the condition of prison and prisoners.

The building was erected between 1722 and 1726.

1812

GD142/47.

Edinburgh Evening Courant, Robert Wallace

Ayr, Jail - adertisement for tenders, June 9 1817

(Undated) information in NMRS.

The Prison in Wellington Square is depicted on the OS 2nd Edition map (Ayrshire, sheet XXXIII, 1896). It has since been demolished.

Information from RCAHMS (TIC), November 2001.

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