England's Historic Seascapes: Southwold to Clacton
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England's Historic Seascapes:
Southwold to Clacton
ALSF Project Number 4729
Oxford Archaeology, 2007
South Orford Coastal Marsh
Hollesley Bay Colony
Hollesley Bay Prison began its life as an agricultural college for young men who were to work abroad in British colonies (wikipedia). In 1905 the land was transferred to the London Unemployed Fund and subsequently London County Council and the institution became a labour colony for the London unemployed. This was one of a number of similar establishments which aimed to train unemployed men for work. Training took the form of agricultural tasks, kitchen work and other unskilled activities. A short-lived strike broke out over levels of pay in 1922. London County Council decided to dispose of the site in 1938 (Field 1992) when it was acquired by the prison commission and set up as a borstal. In 1983 Youth Custody replaced the Borstal system and in 1988 the establishment became a young offenders institute, before becoming the open prison we see today. The prison is famous for the Suffolk punch horses bred within the grounds.
