Hertford County House of Correction

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Overview

Alternative Names   Hertford Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1777

Date closed   1834

Location   south side Ware Road   Hertford

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Hertfordshire

Critical Remarks

Located on the same site as the Hertford County Gaol (ID 31). From 1834 they were always considered as one institution in the official sources.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Hertford Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1777

Date closed   1834

Location   south side Ware Road   Hertford

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.8013378  Long.   -0.0576916

County   Hertfordshire

Critical Remarks

Located on the same site as the Hertford County Gaol (ID 31). From 1834 they were always considered as one institution in the official sources.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   160

Daily Greatest number   -   66

 

Year 1823

Annual Committed   -   232

Daily Census   -   232

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   250

Daily Census   -   250

 

Year 1833

Annual Committed   -   457

Daily Census   -   457

Principal Primary Sources

  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.20
  • 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.29; 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.25
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1824, XIX.359), p.128; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.120; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.122; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.111; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.124; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.115; Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.113; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830-31, XII.1), p.109; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1831-32. XXXIII.197), p.111; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.1), p.116; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1834, XLVI.1), p.108

Finance

Archive name: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: QS/GP/27

Collection: Hertfordshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Receipted Accounts

Dates: 1742-1838


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: QS/Misc/B/88

Collection: Hertfordshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Miscellaneous Sessions documents relating to prisons - 2 printed papers regarding estimates and particulars of alterations to be done to Hertford Bridewell

Dates: 1819