Botesdale Bridewell

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Overview

Alternative Names   Bottesdale House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1801 [1810]

Date closed   1831

Location   Bridewell Lane   Bottesdale

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Suffolk

Critical Remarks

Secondary sources suggest the Bridewell was built in 1810, while Neild states 1801. One source is likely to be a typing error.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Bottesdale House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1801 [1810]

Date closed   1831

Location   Bridewell Lane   Bottesdale

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.341919  Long.   1.004267

County   Suffolk

Critical Remarks

Secondary sources suggest the Bridewell was built in 1810, while Neild states 1801. One source is likely to be a typing error.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   52

Daily Greatest number   -   13

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.68
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.44

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-280722-the-bridewell-with-forecourt-and-garden-#.Voo5n_mLRaQ

Land & Buildings

Archive name: Norfolk Record Office

Catalogue ref: D/ED 21/100, 711X8

Collection: None

Description: Conveyances of land at Botesdale. John Dyer, Gentleman, to trustees of dwellinghouse with brewhouse etc at Botesdale, formerly used as a Bridewell for the Ipswich Division, but since partly pulled down.

Dates: 1828-1833