Ipswich County House of Correction

Overview

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Records

Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1802

Date closed   1820

Location   Rope Walk   Ipswich

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Suffolk

Critical Remarks

The primary sources all agree that the County House of Correction was built in 1802. In 1820, it was incorporated into the County Gaol (ID 68), and its premises were purchased by the borough for use as the new Borough Gaol (ID 291)

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1802

Date closed   1820

Location   Rope Walk   Ipswich

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.055594  Long.   1.160958

County   Suffolk

Critical Remarks

The primary sources all agree that the County House of Correction was built in 1802. In 1820, it was incorporated into the County Gaol (ID 68), and its premises were purchased by the borough for use as the new Borough Gaol (ID 291)

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   78

Daily Greatest number   -   23

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.298
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.44
  • 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.70

Additional Primary Sources

  • William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Suffolk (2nd edn, Sheffield, 1855), p. 73

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1109345&sort=2&type=&rational=a&class1=11&period=&county=&district=&parish=&place=Wing&recordsperpage=10&source=text&rtype=&rnumber=&p=54&move=n&nor=609&recfc=0

Land & Buildings

Archive name: Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch

Catalogue ref: HD 844

Collection: None

Description: Gaol and House of Correction, St Helens Street and Rope Lane Ipswich, Suffolk. Includes a plan and a partial copy.

Dates: c.1859