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Peterhead Town House
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1888
Operational
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Facility profile
Operator
Scottish Prison ServicePopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1888
Region
Aberdeenshire
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
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Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
Oscar Slater1872–1948Oscar Joseph Slater (8 January 1872 â 31 January 1948) was the victim of a notorious miscarriage of justice in Scotland.
- Johnny Ramensky1905–1972 · military personnel
Johnny Ramensky MM, also known as John Ramsay, Gentleman Johnny, and Gentle Johnny (6 April 1906 â 4 November 1972) was a Scottish career criminal who used his safe-cracking abilities as a commando during the Second World War.
John Maclean1879–1923 · politicianJohn Maclean (24 August 1879 â 30 November 1923) was a Scottish schoolteacher and revolutionary socialist of the Red Clydeside era.
- Peter Manuel1927–1958 · serial killer
Peter Thomas Anthony Manuel (13 March 1927 â 11 July 1958) was a Scottish serial killer known as the Beast of Birkenshaw and the Bedroom Killer who committed the murders of seven people across Lanarkshire, Scotland, between 1956 and 1958.
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Data completeness
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Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q5635245)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Peterhead Town House. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/peterhead-town-house
Chicago
"Peterhead Town House." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/peterhead-town-house.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-peterhead-town-house,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Peterhead Town House},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/peterhead-town-house},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}