Kingston Upon Hull Borough Prison

Overview

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Overview

Alternative Names   Kingston Upon Hull Borough Gaol, Hull Prison, HMP Hull

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1869

Date closed   post 1900 (still open)

Location   Hedon Road   Kingston Upon Hull

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Yorkshire

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Kingston Upon Hull Borough Gaol, Hull Prison, HMP Hull

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1869

Date closed   post 1900 (still open)

Location   Hedon Road   Kingston Upon Hull

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   53.747778  Long.   -0.295833

County   Yorkshire

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1873

Annual Committed   -   1733

Daily Daily average   -   218

 

Year 1878

Annual Committed   -   3425

Daily Daily average   -   394

 

Year 1883

Annual Committed   -   3695

Daily Daily average   -   319

 

Year 1888

Annual Committed   -   3717

Daily Daily average   -   288

 

Year 1893

Annual Committed   -   3067

Daily   -  

 

Year 1898

Annual Committed   -   3399

Daily   -  

Principal Primary Sources

  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.1), p.111; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.529), p.171; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1872, XXXI.169), p.86; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1873, XXXII.337), p.168; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1874, XXIX.389), p.205; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1875, XXXVII.417), p.207; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Fortieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1876, XXXV.417), p.212; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1877, XLIII.421), p.209; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1878, XLI.417), p.208
  • Commissioners of Prisons, Second Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1878-79, XXXIV.1, 97), p.29; Commissioners of Prisons, Third Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1880, XXXV.1,73), p.37; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1881, LI.441, 521), p.40; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1882, XXXIII.443, 541), p.44; Commissioners of Prisons, Sixth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1883, XXXI.445, 579), p.49; Commissioners of Prisons, Seventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884, XLII.461, 551), p.45; Commissioners of Prisons, Eighth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884-85, XXXVII.527, 651), p.45; Commissioners of Prisons, Ninth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1886, XXXV.1, 93), p.41; Commissioners of Prisons, Tenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1887, XLI.203, 335), p.38; Commissioners of Prisons, Eleventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1888, LVIII.1, 209), p.37; Commissioners of Prisons, Twelfth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1889, XLI.1, 181), p.37; Commissioners of Prisons, Thirteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890, XXXVII.1, 183), p.37; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890-91, XLIII.1, 125), p.36; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1892, XLII.1, 147), p.35; Commissioners of Prisons, Sixteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1893-94, XLVII.1, 121), p.36; Commissioners of Prisons, Seventeenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1894, XLIV.1, 183), p.35; Commissioners of Prisons, Eighteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1895, LVI.727, 865), p.36
  • Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1895-96 (Parl. Papers, 1896, XLIV.235), p.93; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1896-97 (Parl. Papers, 1897, XL.105), p.233; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1897-98 (Parl. Papers, 1898, XLVII.23), p.259; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1898-99 (Parl. Papers, 1899, XLIII.65), p.256; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1899-1900 (Parl. Papers, 1900, XLI.1), p.294

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/east/vol1/pp433-443#h3-0004

Management

Archive name: Hull City Archives

Catalogue ref: C DMT/29

Collection: Tyndall Wildridge collection

Description: Papers relating to Hull Town Council Gaol Committee

Dates: 1836-1892


Archive name: Hull City Archives

Catalogue ref: TCGD/1-4

Collection: Hull Town Council

Description: Papers relating to the Hull Town Council Gaol Deputation Committee

Dates: 1879


Archive name: Northumberland Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/R/D/9

Collection: Northumberland Quarter Sessions

Description: Contract between the Justices of the Peace for Northumberland, and the Mayor and Corporation of Hull, for receiving prisoners into Hull Goal

Dates: 1875


Daily Business

Archive name: East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Local Studies Service

Catalogue ref: EUR7/3/3/1

Collection: None

Description: Accounts of Hornsea United Reformed Church and Skipsea Congregational Chapel. Include purchase of cushions from Gaol manufactory, Borough Prison, Hull.

Dates: 1874-1875