Beverley House of Correction

Overview

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Records

Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1611

Date closed   1809

Location   Register Square   Beverley

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Yorkshire

Critical Remarks

When the House of Correction moved to new premises in New Walk in 1809 (ID 90), this site was used for the Borough Gaol (ID 307).

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1611

Date closed   1809

Location   Register Square   Beverley

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   53.8412333  Long.   -0.4296705

County   Yorkshire

Critical Remarks

When the House of Correction moved to new premises in New Walk in 1809 (ID 90), this site was used for the Borough Gaol (ID 307).

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.43

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.museums.eastriding.gov.uk/local-history-online/convict-connections/local-connections/gaols/; http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/east/vol6/pp190-195

Finance

Archive name: East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Local Studies Service

Catalogue ref: QSF/366/D/3

Collection: East Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Account of John Muschamp for work at House of Correction

Dates: 1799-1799


Archive name: East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Local Studies Service

Catalogue ref: QSF/366/D/5

Collection: East Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Account of John Lamplaugh for work done at House of Correction

Dates: 1799-1798


Staff

Archive name: East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Local Studies Service

Catalogue ref: QSF/366/D/2

Collection: East Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Account of George Plummer, Keeper of House of Correction

Dates: 1799-1800