Hitchin County Bridewell

Overview

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Overview

Alternative Names   Hitchin Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell, Lock Up

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1808

Date closed   1843 [1885]

Location   Silver Street   Hitchin

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Hertfordshire

Critical Remarks

In 1843, converted into a police station. Closed 1885.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Hitchin Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1808

Date closed   1843 [1885]

Location   Silver Street   Hitchin

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.9516304  Long.   -0.2758416

County   Hertfordshire

Critical Remarks

In 1843, converted into a police station. Closed 1885.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   78

Daily Greatest number   -   6

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.30
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXV.1), p.116

Secondary Sources

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