Guildford Bridewell

Overview

Details

Records

Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   c1610

Date closed   1822

Location   junction of High Street and Quarry Street   Guildford

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Surrey

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   c1610

Date closed   1822

Location   junction of High Street and Quarry Street   Guildford

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.235149  Long.   -0.574997

County   Surrey

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   225

Daily Greatest number   -   52

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.254
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.44

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1107978; http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/b88102c9-bfd2-4629-b772-c88bc6ec3397

Management

Archive name: Surrey History Centre

Catalogue ref: BR/QS/2

Collection: Borough of Guildford

Description: Records include extracts from minutes concerning the keeping of prisoners at the House of Correction

Dates: 1721-1833


Archive name: Surrey History Centre

Catalogue ref: G85/2/4/1/163

Collection: Bray family of Shere

Description: Two printed statements about the situation of a County Gaol near Guildford, with covering letter

Dates: 1818


Archive name: Surrey History Centre

Catalogue ref: G93/1

Collection: None

Description: Population of Guildford, copy of the census returns, showing numbers in the Gaol

Dates: 1801


Archive name: Surrey History Centre

Catalogue ref: QS2/6

Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions

Description: Quarter Sessions Bundles. Continue up to 1888 and those for the period 1800-1829 are described in great detail in the online catalogue. Material relating to the administration of the county's prisons, including: reports of visiting magistrates; reports of chaplains, surgeons, governors; returns of prisoners, rules and regulations; staff appointments, conditions and dismissals; maintenance and alteration of buildings; prison conditions; prisoner petitions

Dates: 1800-1888


Daily Business

Archive name: Surrey History Centre

Catalogue ref: G111/9/21

Collection: Godwin Austen family papers

Description: Blank passes for visiting a prisoner in the House of Correction, Guildford

Dates: Early 19th century


Prisoners

Archive name: Surrey History Centre

Catalogue ref: QS2/6/1811/MID/76

Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions

Description: List of prisoners committed to the House of Correction, Guildford

Dates: 1804-1811


Archive name: Surrey History Centre

Catalogue ref: QS2/6/1810/MIC/22

Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions

Description: Petition of prisoners in the House of Correction at Guildford for their individual bread allowance to be increased

Dates: 1810


Archive name: Surrey History Centre

Catalogue ref: QS2/6/1817/MIC/26b

Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions

Description: Petition of prisoners at Guildford Bridewell for coals and bed coverings as winter approached

Dates: 1817


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Surrey History Centre

Catalogue ref: QS5/4/5/23-24

Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions

Description: Papers and correspondence re purchase of the Castle Field, parish of Holy Trinity, Guildford [site of Guildford House of Correction]

Dates: 1752-1811


Archive name: Surrey History Centre

Catalogue ref: QS5/4/6/110-152

Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions

Description: Plans of County Gaols and Sessions House, Guildford House of Correction

Dates: 1819-1824