Kingston Upon Hull United Gaol and House of Correction

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Overview

Alternative Names   Kingston Upon Hull Borough Gaol and House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol & House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1829

Date closed   1869

Location   Kingston Street   Kingston Upon Hull

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Yorkshire

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Kingston Upon Hull Borough Gaol and House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1829

Date closed   1869

Location   Kingston Street   Kingston Upon Hull

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   53.7386634  Long.   -0.3420625

County   Yorkshire

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1833

Annual Committed   -   1027

Daily Census   -   105

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   941

Daily Census   -   120

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   1312

Daily Census   -   146

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   1452

Daily Daily average   -   126

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   1023

Daily Daily average   -   149

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   1368

Daily Daily average   -   167

 

Year 1863

Annual Committed   -   1418

Daily Greatest number   -   210

 

Year 1868

Annual Committed   -   1570

Daily Daily average   -   170

Principal Primary Sources

  • 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.49
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.323; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830-31, XII.1), p.318; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1831-32. XXXIII.197), p.317; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.1), p.343; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1834, XLVI.1), p.328; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1835, XLIV.225), p.313; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1836, XLII.1), p.210; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837, XLV.1), p.211; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837-8, XLIII.227), p.212; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXXVIII.17), p.212; Reports Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.1), p.226; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1841, XVIII.1), p.240; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXXII.1), p.242; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1843, XLIII.1), p.245; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXXIX.403), p.233; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXXVII.417), p.271; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXXIV.187), p.280; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847, XLVII.297), p.284; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847-48, LII.465), p.288
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 3 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIV.1), p.1563
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.70
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern, Third Report (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XXXI.1), p.96; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXV.565), p.58; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.1), p.27; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.227), p.99; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Northern District, Fourteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1849, XXVI.167), p.44; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.291), p.53; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventeenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852-53, LII.1), p.91; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventeenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852-53, LII.1), p.59; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Nineteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1856, XXXIII.385), p.65; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Twentieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1857, Session 1, VII.313), p.56; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Twenty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1857, Session 2, XXIII.1), p.50; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Twenty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1857-58, XXIX.1), p.57; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1857-58, XXIX.209), p.68; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1859, Session 1, XI.213), p.59; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1863, XXIII.109), p.92; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.257), p.101; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.233), p.109; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1867-68, XXXIV.1), p.104

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 CAG/2/2-3

Collection: Gaol and House of Correction

Description: Annual report of Prison Governor on printed form 'Schedule B' (Kingston Street)

Dates: 1836


Archive name: Hull City Archives

Catalogue ref: C CQA/1/15

Collection: Kingston upon Hull Quarter Sessions

Description: Minute book for the erection of a new Gaol

Dates: 1823-1830


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: C DMX/112

Collection: None

Description: Letters regarding Hull Watch Committee, Hull Workhouse, and Hull Gaol

Dates: 1826-1840


Archive name: Hull City Archives

Catalogue ref: C TCGL

Collection: Hull Town Council

Description: Gaol Committee

Dates: 1836-1867


Archive name: Hull City Archives

Catalogue ref: U DDCV/212/20

Collection: Diary of John C. Hudson

Description: Sessions meetings, visitors and visiting, election for Registrar and Gaoler

Dates: 1846


Finance

Archive name: Hull City Archives

Catalogue ref: C DMX/68/127

Collection: None

Description: From Mayor to Chaplain, regarding payment of the Gaol and House of Correction

Dates: 1836


Archive name: Hull City Archives

Catalogue ref: C CAG/4/7

Collection: Gaol and House of Correction

Description: Mortgages of the county rates to secure loans for the construction of the new Gaol

Dates: 1827


Staff

Archive name: Hull City Archives

Catalogue ref: C DMT/5/4/35

Collection: Tyndall Wildridge collection

Description: Draft letter from the Corporation of Hull to the Reverend W. Wilson concerning a temporary service as Chaplain to the Gaol

Dates: 1835


Archive name: Hull City Archives

Catalogue ref: C DMT/6/56

Collection: Tyndall Wildridge collection

Description: Receipt of salary for medicine and attendance at the United Gaol and House of Correction

Dates: 1830


Prisoners

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

Catalogue ref: YH/052

Collection: None

Description: Reprint of Prison Proverbs, written by James Acland, political reformer and agitator, when in Hull gaol

Dates: 1834


Archive name: Hull City Archives

Catalogue ref: DDHB/20/15

Collection: Harrison-Broadley family

Description: Assignment by late Sheriff of Hull of the Gaol and named prisoners

Dates: 1832


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Hull City Archives

Catalogue ref: C BHH/8/49

Collection: Kingston upon Hull Board of Health and Urban Sanitary Authority

Description: Deeds relating to the site of the old Gaol, situated on the south side of Kingston Street, and the east side of Manor House Street

Dates: 1870