Alternative Names Colchester Castle Bridewell
Prison Type Local Prison - House of Correction/Bridewell
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1691
Date closed 1835
Location Colchester Castle Colchester
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Essex
Alternative Names Colchester Castle Bridewell
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1691
Date closed 1835
Location Colchester Castle Colchester
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 51.8906397 Long. 0.9019385
County Essex
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 117
Daily Greatest number - 32
Year 1823
Annual Committed - 89
Daily Census - 3
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 43
Daily Census - 0
Year 1833
Annual Committed - 47
Daily Census - 1
Archive name: Essex Record Office
Catalogue ref: Q/CR 4/1-3
Collection: Essex Quarter Sessions
Description: Returns. Of expenses of prisons and houses of correction (1815-1838); of chaplains of prisons (salaries and duties) (1832); of the number of prisoners in the gaols and houses of correction (1830-1849)
Dates: 1815-1849
Archive name: Essex Record Office
Catalogue ref: Q/ACM 1-9
Collection: Essex Quarter Sessions
Description: General Committee minutes. Include reports of the Gaol Committee and much relevant material on the administration of the county gaols and houses of correction (including improvements, staffing, labour)
Dates: 1796-1897
Archive name: Essex Record Office
Catalogue ref: Q/ACp 2
Collection: Essex Quarter Sessions
Description: Reports of committees as to Gaols (including additional Gaol) and Houses of Correction
Dates: 1819-1828
Archive name: Essex Record Office
Catalogue ref: Q/SBb 378 onwards
Collection: Essex Quarter Sessions
Description: Quarter Sessions bundles include individually catalogued reports of the Keepers, Chaplains, Surgeons and Visiting Justices of the County's Gaols, including Colchester and Newport Houses of Correction, the Gaol, House of Correction and Convict Gaol at Chelmsford, Ilford House of Correction, and Springfield Gaol. The records also include accounts, staff appointments and dismissals, dietaries and labour accounts, and correspondence on prison conditions and prisoners. Up to mid 1840s, contents described in great detail.
Dates: 1800 onwards
Archive name: Essex Record Office
Catalogue ref: Q/FAC 5/1-15
Collection: Essex Quarter Sessions
Description: County Treasurers' Special Accounts: Gaols and Houses of Correction
Dates: 1767-1849
Archive name: Essex Record Office
Catalogue ref: Q/ALl 9
Collection: Essex Quarter Sessions
Description: Includes return to Government of number of criminal lunatics in Gaol and five Houses of Correction, with original returns from Gaol etc (1808). Copy of lists of lunatics in the Gaol and Houses of Correction within the previous 10 years, giving names, ages, crimes, and observations (1819).
Dates: 1808-1841
Archive name: Essex Record Office
Catalogue ref: D/DR T36
Collection: None
Description: Deeds and papers. Lease of Colchester House of Correction (1797, 1818), with account book relating to pump in the Castle passage (1804-1826), and miscellaneous papers (1832-1867).
Dates: 1797-1867
Archive name: Essex Record Office
Catalogue ref: Q/AGb 3
Collection: Essex Quarter Sessions
Description: Plans of House of Correction in Colchester Castle
Dates: 1819-1830
