Grantham Borough Gaol and House of Correction

Overview

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Overview

Alternative Names   Grantham Borough Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   [1787]

Date closed   1878

Location   Old Shop Lane/ High Street (town hall)   Grantham

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Lincolnshire

Critical Remarks

The Guildhall was rebuilt in 1787 with a gaol and sessions house attached. It is unclear whether a gaol also existed on the site before the rebuilding. The gaol was again rebuilt in 1823.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Grantham Borough Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   [1787]

Date closed   1878

Location   Old Shop Lane/ High Street (town hall)   Grantham

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.9112121  Long.   -0.6417196

County   Lincolnshire

Critical Remarks

The Guildhall was rebuilt in 1787 with a gaol and sessions house attached. It is unclear whether a gaol also existed on the site before the rebuilding. The gaol was again rebuilt in 1823.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   6

Daily Greatest number   -   6

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   9

Daily Census   -   9

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   67

Daily Greatest number   -   21

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   35

Daily Census   -   2

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   87

Daily Census   -   0

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   51

Daily Daily average   -   4

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   23

Daily Daily average   -   0

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   51

Daily Daily average   -   4

 

Year 1863

Annual Committed   -   34

Daily Greatest number   -   9

 

Year 1868

Annual Committed   -   58

Daily Daily average   -   9

 

Year 1873

Annual Committed   -   43

Daily Daily average   -   9

 

Year 1878

Annual Committed   -   8

Daily Daily average   -   0

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.252
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.30
  • 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.74; 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.83; 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.25
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (1829, XIX.401), p.74
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.47
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 4 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXV.1), p.2244
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.30
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837, XXXII.1), p.45; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern, Third Report (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XXXI.1), p.87; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXV.565), p.47; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.1), p.128; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.227), p.89; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Eleventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXI.483), p.61; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland and Eastern District, Fourteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1849, XXVI.1), p.5; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.291), p.154; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Sixteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.461), p.112; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventeenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852-53, LII.1), p.54; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Eighteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1856, XXXIII.1), p.29; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Nineteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1856, XXXIII.385), p.37; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Twentieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1857, Session 1, VII.313), p.31; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1859, Session 1, XI.1), p.55; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1860, XXXV.1), p.51; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1860, XXXV.229), p.49; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1861, XXIX.45), p.49; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1862, XXV.93), p.53; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Twenty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1864, XXVI.89), p.29; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.257), p.53; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.233), p.57; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1867-68, XXXIV.1), p.42; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.1), p.58; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.529), p.84; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1872, XXXI.169), p.45; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1873, XXXII.337), p.82; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1874, XXIX.389), p.105; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1875, XXXVII.417), p.108; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Fortieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1876, XXXV.417), p.108; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1877, XLIII.421), p.108; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1878, XLI.417), p.104

Additional Primary Sources

  • William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire (Sheffield, 1856), p. 401

Land & Buildings

Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: 4-GL/2/2-3

Collection: None

Description: Plans of the Town Hall and premises adjoining belonging to Lord Huntingtower, showing the location of (Grantham?) prison and its yard, watermarked

Dates: 1821-1822