Boys' Schoolroom, Stafford Gaol

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Date:1869 - 1871 (c.)

Description:Originally prisoners would have been taught in their cells, education being one of the prison chaplain's duties.

By 1852 a schoolmaster and schoolmistress had been appointed and a room in the prison was allocated as a classroom; later a school block was provided.

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Donor ref:SAMS Acc. No., P82.54.6, img: 94 (8/656)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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