Kendal County House of Correction

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Overview

Alternative Names   Kendal Town Gaol and Bridewell, Kirkby Kendal House of Correction, Kendal County Gaol, Kendal Prison

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1786

Date closed   1894

Location   Windermere Road at Kendal, from St Thomas’ Church to Queen’s Road, used to be known as House of Correction Hill.   Kendal

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Westmorland

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Kendal Town Gaol and Bridewell, Kirkby Kendal House of Correction, Kendal County Gaol, Kendal Prison

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1786

Date closed   1894

Location   Windermere Road at Kendal, from St Thomas’ Church to Queen’s Road, used to be known as House of Correction Hill.   Kendal

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   54.33217  Long.   -2.750949

County   Westmorland

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   14

Daily Greatest number   -   7

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   140

Daily Census   -   13

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   236

Daily Census   -   23

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   207

Daily Daily average   -   22

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   290

Daily Daily average   -   26

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   220

Daily Daily average   -   19

 

Year 1863

Annual Committed   -   311

Daily Greatest number   -   37

 

Year 1868

Annual Committed   -   439

Daily Daily average   -   32

 

Year 1873

Annual Committed   -   279

Daily Daily average   -   24

 

Year 1878

Annual Committed   -   297

Daily Daily average   -   25

 

Year 1883

Annual Committed   -   453

Daily Daily average   -   31

 

Year 1888

Annual Committed   -   378

Daily Daily average   -   30

 

Year 1893

Annual Committed   -   202

Daily   -  

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.301
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.50
  • [Second] Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1820), p.59; 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.79; 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.147; 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.154; Eighth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1832), Appendix, p.45
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXXIV.187), p.238; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847, XLVII.297), p.241; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847-48, LII.465), p.247
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 3 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIV.1), p.1593
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.64
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837, XXXII.499), p.97; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXII.1), p.97; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.1), p.3; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.227), p.115; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Northern District, Thirteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXVI.361), p.47; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Northern District, Fourteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1849, XXVI.167), p.77; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.793), p.78; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Sixteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.837), p.82; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Seventeenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852-53, LII.265), p.93; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Eighteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852-53, LII.361), p.85; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Nineteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1854, XXXII.1), p.86; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Twentieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1854-55, XXVI.123), p.65; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Twenty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1856, XXXIII.657), p.67; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Twenty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1857 Session 1, VII.505), p.66; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1857-58, XXIX.209), p.62; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1859, Session 1, XI.213), p.53; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1863, XXIII.109), p.88; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.257), p.95; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.233), p.104; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1867-68, XXXIV.1), p.99; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.1), p.98; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.529), p.148; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1872, XXXI.169), p.75; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1873, XXXII.337), p.144; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1874, XXIX.389), p.178; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1875, XXXVII.417), p.180; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Fortieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1876, XXXV.417), p.184; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1877, XLIII.421), p.185; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1878, XLI.417), p.181
  • Commissioners of Prisons, Second Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1878-79, XXXIV.1, 97), p.33; Commissioners of Prisons, Third Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1880, XXXV.1,73), p.42; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1881, LI.441, 521), p.45; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1882, XXXIII.443, 541), p.50; Commissioners of Prisons, Sixth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1883, XXXI.445, 579), p.54; Commissioners of Prisons, Seventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884, XLII.461, 551), p.50; Commissioners of Prisons, Eighth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884-85, XXXVII.527, 651), p.50; Commissioners of Prisons, Ninth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1886, XXXV.1, 93), p.44; Commissioners of Prisons, Tenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1887, XLI.203, 335), p.41; Commissioners of Prisons, Eleventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1888, LVIII.1, 209), p.40; Commissioners of Prisons, Twelfth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1889, XLI.1, 181), p.40; Commissioners of Prisons, Thirteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890, XXXVII.1, 183), p.40; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890-91, XLIII.1, 125), p.39; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1892, XLII.1, 147), p.38; Commissioners of Prisons, Sixteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1893-94, XLVII.1, 121), p.39; Commissioners of Prisons, Seventeenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1894, XLIV.1, 183), p.38; Commissioners of Prisons, Eighteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1895, LVI.727, 865), p.39

Additional Primary Sources

  • William Parson and William White, History, Directory and Gazetteer of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmorland (Leeds, 1829), p. 637; Mannex, History, Topography and Directory of Westmorland (Beverley, 1851), pp. 285-6

Management

Archive name: Kendal Archive Centre

Catalogue ref: WC/C/4/59

Collection: Westmorland County Council

Description: Prison, Kendal, 59

Dates: c.1875-c.1925


Archive name: Kendal Archive Centre

Catalogue ref: WQ/SR/564-675

Collection: Westmorland Quarter Sessions

Description: Sessions rolls. Material includes bills and accounts, orders regarding the prison and prisoners, accounts of prisoners' monies etc. Catalogued in detail for the period 1800-1818

Dates: 1800-1900


Archive name: Kendal Archive Centre

Catalogue ref: WQ/SR/573/31

Collection: Westmorland Quarter Sessions

Description: Presentment that the House of Correction in Kendal is inadequate to meet statutory requirements

Dates: 1801


Archive name: Kendal Archive Centre

Catalogue ref: WQ/SR/628/25

Collection: Westmorland Quarter Sessions

Description: Letter from the Churchwardens and Overseers of Kirkby in Kendal to the Magistrates, expressing concern that women prisoners are all held together

Dates: 1808


Finance

Archive name: Kendal Archive Centre

Catalogue ref: WQ/F/6

Collection: Westmorland Quarter Sessions

Description: Gaols' account book

Dates: 1874-1888


Staff

Archive name: Kendal Archive Centre

Catalogue ref: WQ/SR/567/8

Collection: Westmorland Quarter Sessions

Description: List of Coroners, Keepers of Gaols and Houses of Correction, High Constables and Bailiffs of Liberties

Dates: 1800


Prisoners

Archive name: Kendal Archive Centre

Catalogue ref: WD AG/Box 61/10

Collection: Arnold, Greenwood and Sons, Solicitors, Kendal

Description: Details of prisoners committed to HM Prison, Kendal

Dates: 1889


Archive name: Kendal Archive Centre

Catalogue ref: WD AG/Box 62/17

Collection: Arnold, Greenwood and Sons, Solicitors, Kendal

Description: HM Prison, Kendal. Return of prisoners in custody

Dates: 1890


Archive name: Kendal Archive Centre

Catalogue ref: WQ/SR/638/43

Collection: Westmorland Quarter Sessions

Description: Returns of prisoners in the House of Correction, Kendal

Dates: 1810


Archive name: Kendal Archive Centre

Catalogue ref: WSCONSK/10/2

Collection: Kendal Borough Constabulary

Description: Prisoner's photograph album

Dates: 1880-1910


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Kendal Archive Centre

Catalogue ref: WC/W/1/42

Collection: Westmorland County Council

Description: A plan of Kendal Green School showing a large-scale block plan of the workhouse and House of Correction

Dates: 1873


Archive name: Kendal Archive Centre

Catalogue ref: WDX 1614

Collection: Wakefield, Crewdson & Co, Kendal

Description: Includes plans of Kendal Gaol by Joseph Bintley, County Surveyor

Dates: 1875


Archive name: Kendal Archive Centre

Catalogue ref: WDX 292

Collection: Arnold, Greenwood and Sons, Solicitors, Kendal

Description: Title deeds of the House of Correction, Kendal and adjacent premises

Dates: 1682-1907


Archive name: Kendal Archive Centre

Catalogue ref: WQ/SR/567/21

Collection: Westmorland Quarter Sessions

Description: Orders that the alterations be made in the House of Correction at Kendal

Dates: 1800


Archive name: Kendal Archive Centre

Catalogue ref: WSMB/K11/Book 2/263B

Collection: None

Description: Kendal Borough building control plans. Proposed privy in House of Correction.

Dates: 1869


Images

Archive name: Barrow Archive and Local Studies Centre

Catalogue ref: BDX 645/6/5

Collection: Lancashire, North Lonsdale and Barrow-in-Furness Police

Description: 2 photographs of Kendal Prison or House of Correction on Windermere Road

Dates: 1900-2000