Principal Primary Sources

• [Second] Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1820), p.22; The Third Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1821), Appendix, p.1; Fourth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1822), Appendix, p.1; 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.1; 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.1; 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.1; Eighth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1832), Appendix, p.1

• Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1824, XIX.359), p.14; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.12; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.12; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.12; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.13; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.12; Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.11; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830-31, XII.1), p.11; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1831-32. XXXIII.197), p.11; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.1), p.13; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1834, XLVI.1), p.11; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1835, XLIV.225), p.9; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1836, XLII.1), p.7; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837, XLV.1), p.8; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837-8, XLIII.227), p.8; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXXVIII.17), p.6; Reports Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.1), p.8; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1841, XVIII.1), p.7; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXXII.1), p.8; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1843, XLIII.1), p.9; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXXIX.403), p.9; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXXVII.417), p.10; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXXIV.187), p.9; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847, XLVII.297), p.8; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847-48, LII.465), p.7

• Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.2

• Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837 XXXII.1), p.228; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Third Report (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XXX.1), p.167; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXI.1), p.66; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXV.1), p.12; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1841 Session 2, IV.1), p.11; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XX.1), p.11; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIII.1), p.16; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland and Eastern District, Thirteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXVI.1), p.9

Secondary Sources

• http://bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk/GuidesToCollections/BedfordsGaolBuildings.aspx; Eric Stockdale, A Study of Bedford Prison, 1660-1877 (Chichester, 1977)