Harwich Borough House of Correction

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Overview

Alternative Names   Harwich Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1812}

Date closed   [1848]

Location   town hall   Harwich

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Essex

Critical Remarks

The Harwich Borough Gaol (ID 166) and House of Correction were housed in separate buildings each with its own keeper but on the same site. Some official sources consider them as separate institutions, others as the same institution. (When the same, included under ID 166).

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Harwich Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1812}

Date closed   [1848]

Location   town hall   Harwich

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.9459932  Long.   1.2876666

County   Essex

Critical Remarks

The Harwich Borough Gaol (ID 166) and House of Correction were housed in separate buildings each with its own keeper but on the same site. Some official sources consider them as separate institutions, others as the same institution. (When the same, included under ID 166).

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   2

Daily Greatest number   -   1

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.262
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.51
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.14