Alternative Names Dartford House of Correction
Prison Type Local Prison - House of Correction/Bridewell
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1720
Date closed [1832]
Location Lowfield Street Dartford
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Kent
A blue plaque on the site of this bridewell suggests it was demolished in 1932. However, the likelihood is that it ceased to function as a local prison long before this date, the sources suggest in about 1832.
Alternative Names Dartford House of Correction
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1720
Date closed [1832]
Location Lowfield Street Dartford
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 51.4431859 Long. 0.2168156
County Kent
A blue plaque on the site of this bridewell suggests it was demolished in 1932. However, the likelihood is that it ceased to function as a local prison long before this date, the sources suggest in about 1832.
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 1014
Daily Greatest number - 113
Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre
Catalogue ref: Q/AGw/5
Collection: Kent Quarter Sessions
Description: Reports of visitors to the Gaol etc, including some for the Dartford House of Correction.
Dates: 1814-1821
Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre
Catalogue ref: U1515/OQ/A9B and A9C
Collection: Romney of the Mote Manuscripts
Description: Apparently private notes by Romney, and accounts and vouchers, including account for gaol expenses at Maidstone and Dartford.
Dates: 1810-1814
Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre
Catalogue ref: PC/M3
Collection: Maidstone Gaol
Description: Keepers journal - 'The Account of the Punishment of Prisoners Misbehaving thareselves'. Until 1819, it is the journal for Dartford House of Correction.
Dates: 1814-1822
Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre
Catalogue ref: U1515/OQ/B6
Collection: Romney of the Mote Manuscripts
Description: Survey of Dartford Bridewell by Daniel Alexander
Dates: 1813
