Dartford Bridewell

Overview

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Records

Overview

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

Critical Remarks

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.

Prison Info

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

Critical Remarks

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.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   1014

Daily Greatest number   -   113

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.150
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.22

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.dartfordarchive.org.uk/early_modern/politics_law.shtml; http://www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk/page2199.htm

Management

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


Finance

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


Daily Business

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


Land & Buildings

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