Kingston Upon Thames House of Correction

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Overview

Alternative Names   Kingston Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1761

Date closed   1852

Location   Heathen Street (now Eden Street)   Kingston Upon Thames

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Surrey

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Kingston Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1761

Date closed   1852

Location   Heathen Street (now Eden Street)   Kingston Upon Thames

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.4091731  Long.   -0.3039769

County   Surrey

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   173

Daily Greatest number   -   64

 

Year 1824

Annual Committed   -   115

Daily Census   -   115

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   185

Daily Census   -   185

 

Year 1833

Annual Committed   -   269

Daily Census   -   20

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   317

Daily Census   -   20

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   683

Daily Census   -   33

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   1098

Daily Daily average   -   47

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.315
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.44
  • Fifth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1823), Appendix, p.111; 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.139; 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.141; 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.42
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.264; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.256; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.234; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.270; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.237; Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.236; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830-31, XII.1), p.232; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1831-32. XXXIII.197), p.233; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.1), p.247; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1834, XLVI.1), p.233; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1835, XLIV.225), p.223; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1836, XLII.1), p.149; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837, XLV.1), p.149; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837-8, XLIII.227), p.156; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXXVIII.17), p.152; Reports Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.1), p.158; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1841, XVIII.1), p.166; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXXII.1), p.167; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1843, XLIII.1), p.165; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXXIX.403), p.169; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXXVII.417), p.203; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXXIV.187), p.207; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847, XLVII.297), p.212; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847-48, LII.465), p.219
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.60
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837 XXXII.1), p.410; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Third Report, Supplement (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XXX.367), p.76; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXI.1), p.379; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXV.1), p.350; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1841 Session 2, IV.1), p.352; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIII.1), p.592; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fourteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.1), p.50; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.1), p.158

Secondary Sources

  • http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/b88102c9-bfd2-4629-b772-c88bc6ec3397; David A. Kennedy, 'A Local Prison for the Poor. A Study of the Kingston House of Correction, 1762-1852' (22 August 2016), http://www.kingstonhistoryresearch.co.uk/local-prison-poor-study-kingston-house-correction/

Management

Archive name: Surrey History Centre

Catalogue ref: QS2/6

Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions

Description: Quarter Sessions Bundles. Continue up to 1888 and those for the period 1800-1829 are described in great detail in the online catalogue. Material relating to the administration of the county's prisons, including: reports of visiting magistrates; reports of chaplains, surgeons, governors; returns of prisoners, rules and regulations; staff appointments, conditions and dismissals; maintenance and alteration of buildings; prison conditions; prisoner petitions

Dates: 1800-1888


Daily Business

Archive name: Surrey History Centre

Catalogue ref: QS2/6/1825/MID/35a-d

Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions

Description: Report list by the SurgeonsĀ of the sick prisoners in Houses of Correction at Guildford, Kingston, and Brixton, and County Gaol

Dates: 1825


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Surrey History Centre

Catalogue ref: QS5/4/5/31

Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions

Description: Correspondence and papers relating to the sale of Guildford, Kingston and Brixton Houses of Correction, 1852, including sale particulars for the Guildford and Brixton sites and schedules of deeds of the Guildford and Kingston sites

Dates: 1852


Archive name: Surrey History Centre

Catalogue ref: QS5/7/7

Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions

Description: Bundle of insurance policies for County premises, including Kingston Gaol

Dates: 1842