Bristol Newgate Gaol

Overview

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Overview

Alternative Names   Bristol City and County Gaol, Bristol Gaol of Newgate

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   medieval [1690]

Date closed   1820

Location   Medieval Newgate, between Narrow Wine Street and Castle Mill Street   Bristol

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Somersetshire

Critical Remarks

The prison dates from medieval times, but was rebuilt in 1691.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Bristol City and County Gaol, Bristol Gaol of Newgate

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   medieval [1690]

Date closed   1820

Location   Medieval Newgate, between Narrow Wine Street and Castle Mill Street   Bristol

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.4562379  Long.   -2.5896481

County   Somersetshire

Critical Remarks

The prison dates from medieval times, but was rebuilt in 1691.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   484

Daily Greatest number   -   147

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.77
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.42
  • [Second] Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1820), p.42

Management

Archive name: Bristol Archives

Catalogue ref: F/AC/Box/125/4

Collection: Bristol City Council

Description: Chamberlain's vouchers. Improvements to Bridewell, Newgate, and expenses of Lawford Gate Prison.

Dates: 1813


Staff

Archive name: Bristol Archives

Catalogue ref: 37164/A/4/6

Collection: None

Description: Appointment of William Humphries, Gentleman, as Keeper of Newgate Gaol, with detailed clauses regulating the administration of the Gaol

Dates: 1815


Prisoners

Archive name: Bristol Archives

Catalogue ref: 25262/5/a-d

Collection: The Withey Family of Chew Magna, Somerset

Description: Various printed broadsheets concerning prisoners in Newgate, the execution of John Nichols, and a gang of kidnappers

Dates: c.1800


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Bristol Archives

Catalogue ref: 40117/1

Collection: None

Description: Felix Farley's Bristol Journal Notices, including sale of Common Gaol of Newgate

Dates: 1820