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We do understand that the present owners of the jail do not permit Investigations to take place late at night
as they and their children live on site
Therefore our investigation started early evening in May
Littledean jail is steeped throughout with signed photos and artifact that your concentration is distracted from the investigation.
We tried our best to get what we could from this lovely old place.
Two of our practising mediums were unavailable on the day, but we had two guests who had never participated in an investigation such as this before. Also there were four from the P.C.O.P.S.co.uk who joined us.
We split up into small groups to cover as much as we could in the time available.
The only interesting reports were from Mick and Jean who sat in a cell with nothing but a mummy in a torture cage and an old American electric chair.
Mick explained that the seat he was sitting on, which was bolted to the wall, felt as though it was kicked as if to try to dislodge him, if you were sitting on a chair and someone gave it a kick, this was the sensation he had. Jean had the sensation that something was tightening around her chest and had the feeling of not being able to breath properly.
All of our batteries we had in that cell with us went flat for no apparent reason
One member from the PCOPS group was feeling sick,
Divining rods were used with positive results.
It was a very pleasant and interesting evening
We would like to go back again when there are darker nights. Now that would be spooky
Littledean Jail
Alcatraz of the Forest
Alcatraz of the Forest
A Brief History of the jail
Standing at the gateway of the Royal Forest of Dean, this former house of correction
Little Dean Jail was designed and built by the pioneer of prison reform. Sir George Onesiphorous Paul
And leading prison architect of his day-William Blackburn.
As a result of the sudden death of Blackburn it was completed under the supervision of his new brother
In law , architect William Hobson in 1791.
This remarkable Grade 11 listed building was built as the most up to date, revolutionary house of correction
Of its time, and was later seen as the government’s role model for London’s Pentonville Prison and taken
across the seas for the world famous Philadelphian Cherry hill Penitentiary System in America.
It was built for the miserly sum of £1,650. The building work was started in 1788 by Gabriel Rogers, who
went bankrupt as a result of not being able to complete the work at such low costs.
London builder J. Fentiman was brought in to finish the job.
Behind the austere gatehouse entrance, the prison, with it’s formidable sandstone façade remains much as it
was when first built.
Steeped in history and infamy, it’s awesome appearance provides a stark reminder of the hard
labour and craftsmanship
In 1854 Littledean jail was no longer used as a house of correction, used instead as a police station, remand
prison and petty sessional Court from 1874
It was also to serve as as a headquarters for the county’s mounted police, stabling horses here inside this
one time treadmill outbuilding.
It was used as a barracks and archive store during the war for Gloucester Cathedral and the county’s
Public Records Office.
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Little Dean Jail was designed and built by the pioneer of prison reform. Sir George Onesiphorous Paul
And leading prison architect of his day-William Blackburn.
As a result of the sudden death of Blackburn it was completed under the supervision of his new brother
In law , architect William Hobson in 1791.
This remarkable Grade 11 listed building was built as the most up to date, revolutionary house of correction
Of its time, and was later seen as the government’s role model for London’s Pentonville Prison and taken
across the seas for the world famous Philadelphian Cherry hill Penitentiary System in America.
It was built for the miserly sum of £1,650. The building work was started in 1788 by Gabriel Rogers, who
went bankrupt as a result of not being able to complete the work at such low costs.
London builder J. Fentiman was brought in to finish the job.
Behind the austere gatehouse entrance, the prison, with it’s formidable sandstone façade remains much as it
was when first built.
Steeped in history and infamy, it’s awesome appearance provides a stark reminder of the hard
labour and craftsmanship
In 1854 Littledean jail was no longer used as a house of correction, used instead as a police station, remand
prison and petty sessional Court from 1874
It was also to serve as as a headquarters for the county’s mounted police, stabling horses here inside this
one time treadmill outbuilding.
It was used as a barracks and archive store during the war for Gloucester Cathedral and the county’s
Public Records Office.
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