Alternative Names Cockermouth County Bridewell
Prison Type Local Prison - House of Correction/Bridewell
Jurisdiction County
Date opened pre 1800
Date closed [1855]
Location St Helen's Street Cockermouth
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Cumberland
Last appears in the penal statistics for 1854.
Alternative Names Cockermouth County Bridewell
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction County
Date opened pre 1800
Date closed [1855]
Location St Helen's Street Cockermouth
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 54.6650338 Long. -3.353808
County Cumberland
Last appears in the penal statistics for 1854.
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 19
Daily Greatest number - 15
Year 1838
Annual Confined - 49
Daily Census - 0
Year 1843
Annual Confined - 110
Daily Census - 0
Year 1848
Annual Confined - 57
Daily Daily average - 0
Year 1853
Annual Confined - 91
Daily Daily average - 0
Archive name: Whitehaven Archive & Local Studies Centre
Catalogue ref: DLEC/CR/I/159/6
Collection: Coroners for Cockermouth and Egremont
Description: Inquest into the death of Fletcher Watson of Cockermouth. Verdict - hanged himself in House of Correction
Dates: 1839
Archive name: Carlisle Archive Centre
Catalogue ref: Q/A/G/6
Collection: Cumberland Quarter Sessions
Description: Lease of the House of Correction at Cockermouth for 21 years
Dates: 1824