Alternative Names Beccles County House of Correction,
Prison Type Local Prison - House of Correction/Bridewell, Lock Up
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1679
Date closed 1861
Location Newgate Street Beccles
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Suffolk
There was a prison in Beccles before 1679 but its location is not known. On closure in 1861, the House of Correction was converted into a police station.
Alternative Names Beccles County House of Correction,
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1679
Date closed 1861
Location Newgate Street Beccles
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 52.4578172 Long. 1.5645162
County Suffolk
There was a prison in Beccles before 1679 but its location is not known. On closure in 1861, the House of Correction was converted into a police station.
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 123
Daily Greatest number - 24
Year 1823
Annual Committed - 118
Daily Census - 118
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 94
Daily Census - 94
Year 1833
Annual Committed - 142
Daily Census - 172
Year 1838
Annual Confined - 145
Daily Census - 21
Year 1843
Annual Confined - 254
Daily Census - 24
Year 1848
Annual Confined - 208
Daily Daily average - 17
Year 1853
Annual Confined - 264
Daily Daily average - 32
Year 1858
Annual Committed - 196
Daily Daily average - 23
Archive name: Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch
Catalogue ref: B/100/1/24/92
Collection: Suffolk Quarter Sessions
Description: Gaoler's report, Beccles
Dates: undated
Archive name: Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch
Catalogue ref: HB26/412/2084
Collection: Rous family, Earls of Stradbroke
Description: Letter from John Garden, Redisham, concerning payment of fines by the Gaoler of Beccles
Dates: 1853
Archive name: Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch
Catalogue ref: B/100/1/49
Collection: Suffolk Quarter Sessions
Description: Gaoler's reports and certificates and visitors' reports. Bury and Beccles Gaols and Houses of Correction.
Dates: 1843
Archive name: Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch
Catalogue ref: B/100/1/24/28
Collection: Suffolk Quarter Sessions
Description: Beccles Gaol, report of visitors
Dates: 1846
Archive name: Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch
Catalogue ref: B/100/1/24/81
Collection: Suffolk Quarter Sessions
Description: Report of visitors to House of Correction
Dates: 1846
Archive name: Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch
Catalogue ref: B/100/1/25/11
Collection: Suffolk Quarter Sessions
Description: Beccles House of Correction, report of visitors
Dates: 1849
Archive name: Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch
Catalogue ref: B/100/1/25/17
Collection: Suffolk Quarter Sessions
Description: Beccles, March Sessions. Minutes, City business, and prisoners' sentences.
Dates: 1849
Archive name: Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch
Catalogue ref: B/100/1/25/54
Collection: Suffolk Quarter Sessions
Description: Beccles Gaol, annual return
Dates: 1850
Archive name: Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch
Catalogue ref: B/100/1/25/58
Collection: Suffolk Quarter Sessions
Description: Beccles Gaol, annual return
Dates: 1849
Archive name: Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch
Catalogue ref: B/100/1/29A/3
Collection: Suffolk Quarter Sessions
Description: Papers re discontinuing Beccles Gaol as House of Correction
Dates: 1861
Archive name: Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch
Catalogue ref: B/100/1/50
Collection: Suffolk Quarter Sessions
Description: Papers relating to Gaols and Houses of Correction, Bury and Beccles. Chiefly reports.
Dates: 1844-1845
Archive name: Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch
Catalogue ref: HA11/B3/9
Collection: Rous family archives
Description: Returns of prisoners in Ipswich Gaol and Beccles House of Correction
Dates: 1846-1851
Archive name: Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch
Catalogue ref: Acc1122/1-12
Collection: None
Description: Beccles House of Correction, prison registers
Dates: 1791-1848