Lindsey at Kirton County House of Correction

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Overview

Alternative Names   Kirton Bridewell, Kirton in Lindsey County House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   [1790]

Date closed   1872

Location   adjoined to the Sessions House   Kirton in Lindsey

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Lincolnshire

Critical Remarks

At least part of the complex of buildings in which this prison was included (town hall, courthouse etc) was constructed in 1790.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Kirton Bridewell, Kirton in Lindsey County House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   [1790]

Date closed   1872

Location   adjoined to the Sessions House   Kirton in Lindsey

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   53.4776  Long.   -0.5881

County   Lincolnshire

Critical Remarks

At least part of the complex of buildings in which this prison was included (town hall, courthouse etc) was constructed in 1790.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   300

Daily Greatest number   -   88

 

Year 1824

Annual Committed   -   162

Daily Census   -   31

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   252

Daily Census   -   32

 

Year 1833

Annual Committed   -   418

Daily Census   -   61

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   237

Daily Census   -   29

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   743

Daily Census   -   73

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   632

Daily Daily average   -   64

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   340

Daily Daily average   -   57

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   377

Daily Daily average   -   65

 

Year 1863

Annual Committed   -   411

Daily Greatest number   -   71

 

Year 1868

Annual Committed   -   520

Daily Daily average   -   54

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.318
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.28
  • [Second] Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1820), p.50; 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.80; 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.24
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.152; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.152; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.144; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.167; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.150; Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.147; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830-31, XII.1), p.138; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1831-32. XXXIII.197), p.142; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.1), p.149; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1834, XLVI.1), p.140; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1835, XLIV.225), p.137; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1836, XLII.1), p.89; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837, XLV.1), p.91; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837-8, XLIII.227), p.97; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXXVIII.17), p.93; Reports Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.1), p.100; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1841, XVIII.1), p.103; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXXII.1), p.104; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1843, XLIII.1), p.110; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXXIX.403), p.111; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXXVII.417), p.130; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXXIV.187), p.126; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847, XLVII.297), p.136; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847-48, LII.465), p.137
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.30
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern, Third Report (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XXXI.1), p.47; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXV.565), p.24; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.1), p.105; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.227), p.70; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland and Eastern District, Fourteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1849, XXVI.1), p.15; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.291), p.115; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Sixteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.461), p.124; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Eighteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1856, XXXIII.1), p.30; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Nineteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1856, XXXIII.385), p.38; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Twentieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1857, Session 1, VII.313), p.32; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Twenty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1857-58, XXIX.1), p.33; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1859, Session 1, XI.1), p.55; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1860, XXXV.229), p.51; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1861, XXIX.45), p.52; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1862, XXV.93), p.56; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Twenty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1864, XXVI.89), p.30; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.257), p.55; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1867-68, XXXIV.1), p.44; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.1), p.49; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.529), p.67; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1872, XXXI.169), p.37; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1873, XXXII.337), p.67

Additional Primary Sources

  • William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire (Sheffield, 1856), p. 191

Secondary Sources

  • http://kirtoninlindseytownhall.co.uk/the-wedding-venue/

Finance

Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: LQS/B/5

Collection: Lindsey Quarter Sessions

Description: Accounts (including tradesmen's accounts for work), rules, fire insurance, maintence of prisoners

Dates: 1790-1858


Daily Business

Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: 2 BINNALL

Collection: Canon PBG Binnall

Description: Journal, notebook and accounts of Chaplains of Kirton Lindsey House of Correction

Dates: 1856-1871


Staff

Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: LQS/B/5

Collection: Lindsey Quarter Sessions

Description: Documents on appointments, Keeper (1809, 1821), Chaplain (1857) 

Dates: 1809-1857


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: MISC DON 923

Collection: None

Description: Plan of Kirton in Lindsey prison, showing proposed alterations, and OS maps

Dates: 1854