Hitchin Bridewell

Overview

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Records

Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1693

Date closed   1808

Location   Tilehouse Street [Tylers Street]   Hitchin

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Hertfordshire

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1693

Date closed   1808

Location   Tilehouse Street [Tylers Street]   Hitchin

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.9464152  Long.   -0.2801991

County   Hertfordshire

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.255

Secondary Sources

  • Simon Walker, The Bridewells of Hitchin, a history of local imprisonment (Hitchin Historical Society, 1998).

Finance

Archive name: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: QS/GP/28

Collection: Hertfordshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Receipted Accounts

Dates: 1742-1839


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: QS/GP/22

Collection: Hertfordshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Bargain and Sale of a piece of land in Bancroft, Hitchin for the building of a new House of Correction, 1818.

Dates: 1818