Court & law
Maidstone county gaol
Also called the county gaol · the gaol
The county gaol holding all of Kent's serious custody: debtors, those awaiting trial, the sentenced and the condemned, with separate debtors' and felons' sides. Built for sixty and holding ninety-one.
Named with it
- Serjeant Walter Penenden
Ties
- overseen by the Kent quarter sessions
At the table
Its own staff never leave it, so it adds nothing to the town's force.