Leicester County House of Correction

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Alternative Names   Leicester County Bridewell, Leicester House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1804

Date closed   c1820

Location   in Free School Lane (rear of County Gaol which was in High Cross Street)   Leicester

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Leicestershire

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Prison Info

Alternative Names   Leicester County Bridewell, Leicester House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1804

Date closed   c1820

Location   in Free School Lane (rear of County Gaol which was in High Cross Street)   Leicester

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.6360708  Long.   -1.1386248

County   Leicestershire

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Prisoner Statistics

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   355

Daily Greatest number   -   74

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.336
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.26
  • 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.48; 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.66; 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.76

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Management

Archive name: Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland

Catalogue ref: DG26: DE2515/2/3

Collection: None

Description: Letter to a member of the Committee appointed to inspect the state of the House of Correction, informing him of a meeting to be held on 15 July 1813 

Dates: 1813

Archive name: Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland

Catalogue ref: QS32/3/10

Collection: Leicestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Report of Committee respecting the state of the House of Correction, and recommending sale of most of old House and erection of new house at rear of County Gaol. Also, appointment of Task Master.

Dates: 1803

Staff

Archive name: Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland

Catalogue ref: QS32/4/1

Collection: Leicestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: File of applications for post of Keeper of the House of Correction 

Dates: 1804

Land & Buildings

Archive name: Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland

Catalogue ref: QS25/1/8

Collection: Leicestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Inventory of furniture at the House of Correction

Dates: 1817

Archive name: Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland

Catalogue ref: QS32/3/11

Collection: Leicestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Articles of agreement, with specifications, plans and elevations attached, with William Oldham of Leicester, Architect, for building a new House of Correction

Dates: 1803

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