Huntingdon House of Correction

Overview

Details

Records

Overview

Alternative Names   Huntingdon County Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   [1768]

Date closed   1829

Location   Orchard Lane   Huntingdon

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Huntingdonshire

Critical Remarks

Foundation date unknown, but the prison had been built by 1768.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Huntingdon County Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   [1768]

Date closed   1829

Location   Orchard Lane   Huntingdon

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.3285938  Long.   -0.1782108

County   Huntingdonshire

Critical Remarks

Foundation date unknown, but the prison had been built by 1768.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   286

Daily Greatest number   -   26

 

Year 1823

Annual Committed   -   134

Daily Census   -   12

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.286
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.22
  • 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.32; Sixth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1824), Appendix, p.48; 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.134; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.126; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.116; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.128

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/directory_record/4182/prisons

Management

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, the Bridewell 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: The Sessions were responsible for the town gaol and bridewell

Dates: 1697-1837


Staff

Archive name: Huntingdon Library and Archives

Catalogue ref: H/19/8

Collection: Huntingdon Borough

Description: Material refers to personnel and salaries / reimbursements, including those of Keeper of House of Correction

Dates: 1731-1850


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Huntingdon Library and Archives

Catalogue ref: HCP/15/1908/4-8

Collection: Huntingdonshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Also conveyances and deeds for the sale of the old Gaol

Dates: 1826-1836