Hinkley Bridewell

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Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1768

Date closed   [1838]

Location   Stockwell Street   Hinckley

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Leicestershire

Critical Remarks

Building containing bridewell and workhouse was converted into dwellings in 1838. Prison may have changed use or closed before that date.

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1768

Date closed   [1838]

Location   Stockwell Street   Hinckley

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.5427305  Long.   -1.3722123

County   Leicestershire

Critical Remarks

Building containing bridewell and workhouse was converted into dwellings in 1838. Prison may have changed use or closed before that date.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   30

Daily Greatest number   -   3

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.274
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.28

Additional Primary Sources

  • William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Leicestershire and the small county of Rutland, together with the adjacent towns of Grantham and Stamford (Sheffield, 1846), p. 554