Alternative Names Boston Borough Gaol, Boston House of Correction
Prison Type Local Prison - House of Correction/Bridewell
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1818
Date closed 1851
Location St John's Road, east side of River Witham Boston
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Lincolnshire
Originally Boston Borough Gaol, in 1837 a contract between the county and municipal authorities allowed the prison to also be used as a county House of Correction, enabling the county authorities to close the Skirbeck House of Correction (ID 48).
Alternative Names Boston Borough Gaol, Boston House of Correction
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1818
Date closed 1851
Location St John's Road, east side of River Witham Boston
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 52.9724073 Long. -0.0216561
County Lincolnshire
Originally Boston Borough Gaol, in 1837 a contract between the county and municipal authorities allowed the prison to also be used as a county House of Correction, enabling the county authorities to close the Skirbeck House of Correction (ID 48).
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 207
Daily Greatest number - 16
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 239
Daily Census - 239
Year 1832
Annual Committed - 249
Daily Greatest number - 29
Year 1833
Annual Committed - 111
Daily Census - 18
Year 1838
Annual Confined - 105
Daily Census - 12
Year 1843
Annual Confined - 363
Daily Census - 34
Year 1848
Annual Confined - 254
Daily Daily average - 25
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: HQS/B/5/10
Collection: Holland Quarter Sessions
Description: Correspondence, rules, case and opinion, re the use of Boston goal for county purposes
Dates: 1836-1850
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: HQS/B/5/10
Collection: Holland Quarter Sessions
Description: Memoranda, inventories, appointments and contracts, Boston and Skirbeck goals
Dates: 1837-1839
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: HQS/B/5/10
Collection: Holland Quarter Sessions
Description: Correspondence etc about application for separate Boston quarter sessions and the use of Boston gaol for county purposes 1842-47
Dates: 1842-1847
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: HQS/B/5/10
Collection: Holland Quarter Sessions
Description: Returns by visiting justices, gaolers, to Secretary of State about prisoners and expenses of gaols, Spalding, Boston, Skirbeck
Dates: 1835-1842
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: BB/3/A/3/1-2
Collection: Boston Borough Quarter Sessions
Description: Gaolers' returns of prisoners
Dates: 1827-1834
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: BB/3/A/2/1
Collection: Boston Borough Quarter Sessions
Description: Judicial records include some returns of prisoners in Boston Gaol
Dates: 1807-1830
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: HQS/B/5/1
Collection: Holland Quarter Sessions
Description: Inventory of furniture, Boston House of Correction
Dates: 1851