Gloucester City Gaol and House of Correction

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Overview

Alternative Names   Gloucester City Gaol and Bridewell, Gloucester Gaol

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

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1782

Date closed   [1858]

Location   Southgate Street   Gloucester

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Gloucestershire

Critical Remarks

The Gloucester City Gaol and Gloucester City Bridewell (ID 248) were located next to each other, but each had its own keeper. In some official sources they are considered the same institution, in others they are considered separately. When the same, they are under this ID. After 1858, the prison buildings may have continued to be used as a lock up.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Gloucester City Gaol and Bridewell, Gloucester Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1782

Date closed   [1858]

Location   Southgate Street   Gloucester

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.8619977  Long.   -2.2497316

County   Gloucestershire

Critical Remarks

The Gloucester City Gaol and Gloucester City Bridewell (ID 248) were located next to each other, but each had its own keeper. In some official sources they are considered the same institution, in others they are considered separately. When the same, they are under this ID. After 1858, the prison buildings may have continued to be used as a lock up.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   28

Daily Greatest number   -   22

 

Year 1823

Annual Committed   -   40

Daily Census   -   20

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   17

Daily Census   -   8

 

Year 1833

Annual Committed   -   103

Daily Census   -   120

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   239

Daily Census   -   42

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   315

Daily Census   -   44

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   263

Daily Daily average   -   30

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   270

Daily Daily average   -   19

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   255

Daily Daily average   -   19

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.250
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.16
  • The Third Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1821), Appendix, p.23; Fourth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1822), Appendix, p.19; Fifth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1823), Appendix, p.28; Sixth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1824), Appendix, p.36; Seventh Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1827), Appendix, p.43; 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.14
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1824, XIX.359), p.266; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.336; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.320; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.287; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.330; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.295; Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.297; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830-31, XII.1), p.292; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1831-32. XXXIII.197), p.291; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.1), p.316; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1834, XLVI.1), p.301; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1835, XLIV.225), p.287; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1836, XLII.1), p.193; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837, XLV.1), p.195; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837-8, XLIII.227), p.196; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXXVIII.17), p.196; Reports Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.1), p.211; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1841, XVIII.1), p.225; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXXII.1), p.227; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1843, XLIII.1), p.228; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXXIX.403), p.219; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXXVII.417), p.258; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXXIV.187), p.268; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847, XLVII.297), p.271; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847-48, LII.465), p.274
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 1 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIII.1), p.64
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District. First Report (Parl. Papers, 1836, XXXV.269), p.9; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837, XXXII.1), p.38; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXII.217), p.71; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.193), p.119; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.391), p.170; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Eleventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXI.565), p.146; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Twelfth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXV.1), p.154; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Thirteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXVI.133), p.112; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.579), p.104; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Eighteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852-53, LII.113), p.79; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Twenty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1856, XXXIII.485), p.13; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1857-58, XXIX.69), p.36; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1859, Session 1, XI.169), p.6

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/archives/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=58233&p=0

Management

Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: GBR/B4/1/5

Collection: Gloucester Borough

Description: Minutes, some of Gaol Committee

Dates: 1836-1842


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: GBR/B4/3/2

Collection: Gloucester Borough

Description: Watch Committee. Minutes include details of closing of City Gaol (1845-1887).

Dates: 1845-1887


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: GBR/G3/CR/3/1

Collection: Gloucester Borough

Description: Statistical returns of number, state and condition of the Prison, establishment, expenses

Dates: 1845-1858


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: GBR/G3/G/5/1-4

Collection: Gloucester Borough

Description: Dietary books

Dates: 1848-1857


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: GBR/B4/2/1

Collection: Gloucester Borough

Description: Gaol Committee, minutes (includes points raised by Inspector of Prisons 1842; advisability of building a new gaol, 1842; report of Visiting Justices; report on conduct of governor, 1843; new diet and regulations, 1843, arrangements with County Gaol, 1844-47, inventory, 1859)

Dates: 1842-1859


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: GBR/G3/G/1/1-2

Collection: Gloucester Borough

Description: Visiting Justices' minutes

Dates: 1826-1858


Finance

Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: P154/4 OV, 11 OV, 14 OV and 16 OV

Collection: Gloucester, Holy Trinity Anglican parish, Overseers of the Poor

Description: Records of the City Gaol rates. Including the rate for enlarging the City Gaol

Dates: 1820-1847


Daily Business

Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: GBR/G3/G/7/1-2

Collection: Gloucester Borough

Description: Chaplains' journals

Dates: 1815-1858


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: GBR/G3/G/2/1-3

Collection: Gloucester Borough

Description: Governor's journal

Dates: 1846-1858


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: GBR/G3/G/8/1-5

Collection: Gloucester Borough

Description: Surgeons' journals

Dates: 1825-1858


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: GBR/G3/G/4

Collection: Gloucester Borough

Description: Daily provision receipt and consumption account

Dates: 1848-1858


Prisoners

Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: GBR/G3/G/3/1

Collection: Gloucester Borough

Description: Register of prisoners committed for trial at Quarter Sessions and Assizes (1810-1817). At end reversed - prisoners committed for debt (1810-1852).

Dates: 1810-1852


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: GBR/G3/G/3/2

Collection:

Description: Register of prisoners. Committed for trial at Quarter Sessions and Assizes (1816-1835); at front, prisoners committed to house of correction (1816-1818)

Dates: 1816-1835


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: GBR/G3/G/3/3

Collection: Gloucester Borough

Description: Register of misdemeanours

Dates: 1847-1855


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: GBR/G3/G/3/4

Collection: Gloucester Borough

Description: Statistical summary register of debtors and other prisoners admitted, discharged and remaining in Gaol (1841-1858).

Dates: 1841-1858


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: GBR/G3/AG/2

Collection: Gloucester Borough

Description: Returns - list of prisoners confined in City Gaol

Dates: 1820


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: GBR/G3/G/6

Collection: Gloucester Borough

Description: Prisoners' property book

Dates: 1848-1858


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: C/DC/F/2/3

Collection: Gloucestershire County Council

Description: Gloucester, site of barracks. Conveyance (with counterpart) by Custos Rotulorum to Gloucester City of land near County Gaol for building of City Gaol (1842)

Dates: 1842-1851


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: D3117/1468-70

Collection: None

Description: Conveyances, land on the site of former Gloucester City Gaol in Southgate Street

Dates: 1876-1878


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: GBR/G3/AG/1

Collection: Gloucester Borough

Description: Plan of the City Prison and Bridewell, showing use of each section. Surveyor - J. C. Jackman

Dates: 1844


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: GBR/G3/AG/4

Collection: Gloucester Borough

Description: Priced sale catalogue of effects from City Gaol and House of Correction, sold by public auction

Dates: 1860


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: GBR/G3/AG/5

Collection: Gloucester Borough

Description: Cash book, sale of materials from demolished Gaol and House of Correction

Dates: 1862-1865


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: GBR/G3/AG/6

Collection: Gloucester Borough

Description: Sale of City Gaol and Police station site. Advertisement, tenders, correspondence, sale particulars, abstract of title and schedule of title deeds

Dates: 1863-1867


Other

Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: D149/F43

Collection: Clifford Family of Frampton-on-Severn

Description: Nathaniel Winchcombe alias Clifford. Personal and estate correspondence. Includes letters and accounts of Gloucester Gaol Charity (printed)

Dates: 1806