Coventry House of Correction

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Overview

Alternative Names   Coventry City Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   pre 1800

Date closed   1830

Location   prison was formerly the town hall, located in part of former Bablake College   Coventry

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Warwickshire

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Coventry City Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   pre 1800

Date closed   1830

Location   prison was formerly the town hall, located in part of former Bablake College   Coventry

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   52.408016  Long.   -1.5163205

County   Warwickshire

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   183

Daily Greatest number   -   26

 

Year 1824

Annual Committed   -   147

Daily Census   -   16

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   223

Daily Census   -   29

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.149
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.48
  • Seventh Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1827), Appendix, p.153; Eighth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1832), Appendix, p.44
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.330; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.312; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.281; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.324; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.290; Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.291; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830-31, XII.1), p.286

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/topics/social-history/coventry-gaol-governors-house

Management

Archive name: Warwickshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: QS 63/66

Collection: Coventry Quarter Sessions

Description: Bundles, including papers concerning the Gaol and House of Correction

Dates: 1824-1829


Finance

Archive name: Coventry Archives and Research Centre

Catalogue ref: PA14/8/34

Collection: Papers and deeds of John Carter, Town Clerk and Clerk of the Peace for the City and County of the City of Coventry, and Edward Greenfield Doggett

Description: Voucher for Bridewell water rent

Dates: 1822