Huntingdon Gaol

Overview

Details

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Overview

Alternative Names   Huntingdon County Gaol, Huntingdon Borough Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   unknown

Date closed   c1845

Location   on High Street   Huntingdon

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Huntingdonshire

Critical Remarks

Until 1829, this prison served as both the County Gaol and Borough Gaol. When the new County Gaol and House of Correction opened at Great Stukeley (ID 33), this prison was used solely by the borough. The Prison Inspectors suggest it had closed by the 1840s, but no exact date is given.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Huntingdon County Gaol, Huntingdon Borough Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   unknown

Date closed   c1845

Location   on High Street   Huntingdon

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.33029  Long.   -0.1838455

County   Huntingdonshire

Critical Remarks

Until 1829, this prison served as both the County Gaol and Borough Gaol. When the new County Gaol and House of Correction opened at Great Stukeley (ID 33), this prison was used solely by the borough. The Prison Inspectors suggest it had closed by the 1840s, but no exact date is given.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   55

Daily Greatest number   -   23

 

Year 1823

Annual Committed   -   72

Daily Census   -   17

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   73

Daily Census   -   19

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.283
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.22
  • Seventh Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1827), Appendix, p.59
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1824, XIX.359), p.132; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.124; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.124; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.114; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.126; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.117
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 4 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXV.1), p.2289
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District. First Report (Parl. Papers, 1836, XXXV.161), p.36

Management

Archive name: Huntingdon Library and Archives

Catalogue ref: H/5/15

Collection: Huntingdon Borough

Description: Applicant for position of Gaoler (1832), return of expenses of repairs (1800, 1831), return of number of prisoners tried (1833) 

Dates: 1800-1833


Archive name: Huntingdon Library and Archives

Catalogue ref: HB1/14

Collection: Huntingdon Borough

Description: These bundles of mixed material include records relating to the Town Gaol and the County Gaol, such as receipts and bills for running and repairing the Gaols and provisioning

Dates: 1804-1828


Archive name: Huntingdon Library and Archives

Catalogue ref: HB1/4

Collection: Huntingdon Borough Quarter Sessions

Description: Records relating to the Town Gaol and Bridewell

Dates: 1697-1837


Archive name: Huntingdon Library and Archives

Catalogue ref: HCP/1/4, 5, 6, 11

Collection: Huntingdonshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Mixed material relating to the Old Gaol, such as returns of criminals (1804-1827)

Dates: 1804-1827


Finance

Archive name: Huntingdon Library and Archives

Catalogue ref: H/11/6-16, 44

Collection: Huntingdon Borough

Description: Receipts for provisions and work done, expenses of conveying and supporting prisoners 

Dates: 1832-1836


Archive name: Huntingdon Library and Archives

Catalogue ref: H/18/12

Collection: Huntingdon Borough

Description: Receipts for provisions and work done, expenses of conveying and supporting prisoners 

Dates: 1831


Archive name: Huntingdon Library and Archives

Catalogue ref: H/20/9

Collection: Huntingdon Borough

Description: Receipts for provisions and work done, expenses of conveying and supporting prisoners 

Dates: 1831


Archive name: Huntingdon Library and Archives

Catalogue ref: H/24/7

Collection: Huntingdon Borough

Description: Treasurers' statements

Dates: 1837, 1840-1849


Archive name: Huntingdon Library and Archives

Catalogue ref: H/9/55

Collection: Huntingdon Borough

Description: Receipts for provisions and work done, expenses of conveying and supporting prisoners 

Dates: 1834-1838


Staff

Archive name: Huntingdon Library and Archives

Catalogue ref: H/19

Collection: Huntingdon Borough

Description: Records include references to personnel and salaries and reimbursements

Dates: Undated


Prisoners

Archive name: Huntingdon Library and Archives

Catalogue ref: H/24/5

Collection: Huntingdon Borough

Description: Notice of escape of prisoners from Huntingdon Gaol

Dates: 1847


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Huntingdon Library and Archives

Catalogue ref: H/5/18

Collection: Huntingdon Borough

Description: Correspondence with the Treasury about the sale of the Gaol and Gaoler's house 

Dates: 1836


Archive name: Huntingdon Library and Archives

Catalogue ref: H/16/3

Collection: Huntingdon Borough

Description: Inventory of goods at Town Gaol

Dates: 1837


Archive name: Huntingdon Library and Archives

Catalogue ref: HCP/15/1908/6

Collection: Huntingdonshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Conveyance of the old Gaol in the High Street, Huntingdon, with detailed map of the Gaol

Dates: 1829


Archive name: Huntingdon Library and Archives

Catalogue ref: HCP/1/20/63

Collection: Huntingdonshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Bill of the Clerk of the Peace in connection with conveyance of the old Gaol

Dates: 1836