Kingston Upon Hull House of Correction

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Overview

Alternative Names   Hull Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell, Lock Up

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   [1796]

Date closed   1829

Location   Fetter-lane, near the Market-place   Kingston Upon Hull

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Yorkshire

Critical Remarks

Building at least commenced in 1796. After the new United Gaol and House of Correction (ID107) opened in 1829, the old House of Correction was used as a lock up.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Hull Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   [1796]

Date closed   1829

Location   Fetter-lane, near the Market-place   Kingston Upon Hull

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   53.7423032  Long.   -0.3335864

County   Yorkshire

Critical Remarks

Building at least commenced in 1796. After the new United Gaol and House of Correction (ID107) opened in 1829, the old House of Correction was used as a lock up.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   283

Daily Greatest number   -   30

 

Year 1823

Annual Committed   -   120

Daily Census   -   30

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   142

Daily Census   -   48

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.282
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.52
  • 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.88; 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.162; 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.165
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1824, XIX.359), p.268; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.360; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.350; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.305; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.358; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.321; Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.326

Additional Primary Sources

  • Edward Baines, History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, Volume II: East and North Ridings (Leeds, 1823), p. 245

Secondary Sources

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