Derby Borough House of Correction

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Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1756

Date closed   1828

Location   Willow Row   Derby

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Derbyshire

Critical Remarks

Located adjacent to the Borough House of Correction was the Borough Gaol (ID 152), listed separately in the 1818 Return. Both moved to the premises of the old County Gaol in Nun’s Green, Friargate, in 1828 (ID 680).

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1756

Date closed   1828

Location   Willow Row   Derby

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.9260502  Long.   -1.4853975

County   Derbyshire

Critical Remarks

Located adjacent to the Borough House of Correction was the Borough Gaol (ID 152), listed separately in the 1818 Return. Both moved to the premises of the old County Gaol in Nun’s Green, Friargate, in 1828 (ID 680).

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   18

Daily Greatest number   -   6

Principal Primary Sources

  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.8

Additional Primary Sources

  • Stephen Glover, History and Directory of the Borough of Derby (Derby, 1843), pp. 50-51