Leicester Borough House of Correction

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Overview

Alternative Names   Leicester Bridewell and House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   [1792]

Date closed   1829

Location   Highcross Street (adjoining borough gaol)   Leicester

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Leicestershire

Critical Remarks

The Borough House of Correction on its first Highcross Street site dates from at least 1792. It was located next to the Borough Gaol (ID 636) which had been rebuilt in that year. In 1829, the Borough House of Correction moved to new premises further up Highcross Street (see ID 109), namely those of the old County Gaol (ID 491).

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Leicester Bridewell and House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   [1792]

Date closed   1829

Location   Highcross Street (adjoining borough gaol)   Leicester

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.636136  Long.   -1.1399167

County   Leicestershire

Critical Remarks

The Borough House of Correction on its first Highcross Street site dates from at least 1792. It was located next to the Borough Gaol (ID 636) which had been rebuilt in that year. In 1829, the Borough House of Correction moved to new premises further up Highcross Street (see ID 109), namely those of the old County Gaol (ID 491).

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   170

Daily Census   -   18

Principal Primary Sources

  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.363; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.326; Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.330

Additional Primary Sources

  • William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Leicestershire and the small county of Rutland, together with the adjacent towns of Grantham and Stamford (Sheffield, 1846), p. 76

Management

Archive name: Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland

Catalogue ref: 8D43/2

Collection: Information regarding the escape of prisoners from the Borough Gaol and various papers relating to the Gaol

Description: Report on state and condition of the Gaol and House of Correction of the Borough of Leicester, with number of prisoners confined therein, by W. Owston, Gaoler 

Dates: 1823