Ashborne House of Correction

Overview

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Records

Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1784

Date closed   1828

Location   stands in Back Lane   Ashborne

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Derbyshire

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1784

Date closed   1828

Location   stands in Back Lane   Ashborne

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   53.011009  Long.   -1.7331739

County   Derbyshire

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   220

Daily Greatest number   -   71

 

Year 1823

Annual Committed   -   152

Daily Census   -   15

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.14
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.8
  • Fifth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1823), Appendix, p.15; Sixth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1824), Appendix, p.24; Seventh Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1827), Appendix, p.23
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1824, XIX.359), p.66; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.56; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.58; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.52; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.61

Management

Archive name: Derbyshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: D302 Z/W 1

Collection: None

Description: Letters and reports and accounts of John Langford, Agent for the care of parole prisoners at Ashbourne

Dates: 1812


Archive name: Derbyshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: D4734/3/2/2

Collection: Howitt Family papers

Description: Howitt Family papers, including references to problems over bond and others sentenced to Ashbourne House of Correction

Dates: 1820


Finance

Archive name: Derbyshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: Q/AB/1/11

Collection: Derbyshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Bundle: direction to supply an account of expenses issued in building, repairing, fitting and furnishing gaols and houses of correction since 1800, 23 Mar; returns and accounts relating to the County Gaol and the houses of correction at Ashbourne, Chesterfield, Tideswell and Wirksworth.

Dates: 19th century


Prisoners

Archive name: Derbyshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: D2375/M/84/46

Collection: Harpur Crewe family of Calke Abbey

Description: Harpur Crewe family papers, includeing complaint of prisoners at Ashbourne Jail

Dates: Undated


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Derbyshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: Q/AB/1/1

Collection: Derbyshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Gaol presentments for want of repair (1788, 1822), including Ashbourne House of Correction (1812)

Dates: 1812