Devonport Borough Gaol and House of Correction

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Overview

Alternative Names   Devonport Borough Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol & House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1851

Date closed   1878

Location   Pennycomequick   Devonport

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Devon

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Devonport Borough Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1851

Date closed   1878

Location   Pennycomequick   Devonport

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   50.3774256  Long.   -4.1480296

County   Devon

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   282

Daily Daily average   -   30

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   379

Daily Daily average   -   62

 

Year 1863

Annual Committed   -   663

Daily Greatest number   -   84

 

Year 1868

Annual Committed   -   479

Daily Daily average   -   55

 

Year 1873

Annual Committed   -   633

Daily Daily average   -   69

 

Year 1878

Annual Committed   -   16

Daily Daily average   -   0

Principal Primary Sources

  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Seventeenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852, XXIV.1), p.62; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Twentieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1854-55, XXVI.1), p.78; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Twenty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1857, Session 1, VII.401), p.71; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1860, XXXV.153), p.16; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1862, XXV.5), p.27; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1864, XXVI.1), p.23; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.1), p.67; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.1), p.57; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1867-68, XXXIV.203), p.71; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1868-69, XXIX.1), p.47; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1870, XXXVII.1), p.49; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.241), p.59; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1872, XXXI.1), p.36; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1873, XXXII.1), p.70; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1874, XXIX.1), p.81; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1875, XXXVII.1), p.86; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Fortieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1876, XXXV.1), p.86; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Forty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1877, XLIII.1), p.88; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Forty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1878, XLI.1), p.88

Additional Primary Sources

  • William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Devonshire (Sheffield, 1850), p. 699.

Management

Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

Catalogue ref: 1814

Collection: Devonport Borough Council

Description: Minutes (with some agendas and committee minutes). Contain lists of Devonport and Stonehouse prisoners in gaol.

Dates: 1837-1914


Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

Catalogue ref: 1814/79

Collection: Devonport Borough Council

Description: Quarter Sessions Committee minutes. Contains references to new Devonport Borough prison, with some accounts.

Dates: 1851-1863


Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

Catalogue ref: 3642/777

Collection: Plymouth Local Studies

Description: Devonport Borough Prison. Printed table of dietary for prisoners without hard labour

Dates: 1864


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

Catalogue ref: 153/189/1-7

Collection: Devonport, St Aubyn estate plans

Description: Documents regarding Russell Place, site of Devonport Gaol, including designs for the prison, proposals for renovations, and redevelopment plans

Dates: 1848-1882