Gaol and House of Correction for the Liberty of Ripon

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Overview

Alternative Names   Ripon Canon-Fee Court Gaol and House of Correction, Ripon Prison of the Canon, Borough of Ripon House of Correction, Ripon House of Correction, Ripon Liberty Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Franchise / Municipality

Date opened   1686 [1816]

Date closed   1878

Location   St Marygate   Ripon

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Yorkshire

Critical Remarks

Served as House of Correction from 1686, rebuilt 1816 when it also became the Liberty Prison.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Ripon Canon-Fee Court Gaol and House of Correction, Ripon Prison of the Canon, Borough of Ripon House of Correction, Ripon House of Correction, Ripon Liberty Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Franchise / Municipality

Date opened   1686 [1816]

Date closed   1878

Location   St Marygate   Ripon

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   54.1366861  Long.   -1.5197138

County   Yorkshire

Critical Remarks

Served as House of Correction from 1686, rebuilt 1816 when it also became the Liberty Prison.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   46

Daily Greatest number   -   7

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   70

Daily Census   -   70

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   142

Daily Greatest number   -   17

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   38

Daily Census   -   4

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   64

Daily Census   -   5

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   53

Daily Daily average   -   4

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   55

Daily Daily average   -   0

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   75

Daily Daily average   -   7

 

Year 1863

Annual Committed   -   72

Daily Greatest number   -   17

 

Year 1868

Annual Committed   -   69

Daily Daily average   -   11

 

Year 1873

Annual Committed   -   89

Daily Daily average   -   13

 

Year 1878

Annual Committed   -   7

Daily Daily average   -   0

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.504
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.62
  • 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.50
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (1829, XIX.401), p.107
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.84
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.70
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837, XXXII.499), p.148; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXII.1), p.139; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.1), p.40; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.291), p.49; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Sixteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.461), p.94; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Twentieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1857, Session 1, VII.313), p.76; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1857-58, XXIX.209), p.67; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1863, XXIII.109), p.95; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.257), p.109; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.233), p.119; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1867-68, XXXIV.1), p.112; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.1), p.119; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.529), p.183; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1872, XXXI.169), p.95; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1873, XXXII.337), p.182; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1874, XXIX.389), p.221; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1875, XXXVII.417), p.222; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Fortieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1876, XXXV.417), p.227; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1877, XLIII.421), p.226; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1878, XLI.417), p.225

Additional Primary Sources

  • W. Farrar, The History of Ripon: with descriptions of Studley-Royal, Fountains Abbey, Newby, Hackfall, etc (London, 1806), p. 151

Secondary Sources

  • http://riponmuseums.co.uk/museums/prison_police_museum

Management

Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: PS/RL

Collection: Ripon Liberty Petty Sessions

Description: The series includes material which might be expected to relate to the Gaol, including judicial papers (1781-1883), financial records (1834-1889), Clerk of the Peace records (1832-1889)

Dates: 1781-1889