Louth County House of Correction

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Overview

Alternative Names   Louth House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1680

Date closed   1872

Location   Eastgate (on the site of Orme's Almshouses)   Louth

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Lincolnshire

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Louth House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1680

Date closed   1872

Location   Eastgate (on the site of Orme's Almshouses)   Louth

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   53.3678503  Long.   0.003596

County   Lincolnshire

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   444

Daily Greatest number   -   102

 

Year 1823

Annual Committed   -   399

Daily Census   -   78

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   255

Daily Census   -   38

 

Year 1833

Annual Committed   -   463

Daily Census   -   76

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   395

Daily Census   -   61

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   574

Daily Census   -   62

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   752

Daily Daily average   -   79

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   495

Daily Daily average   -   27

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   259

Daily Daily average   -   35

 

Year 1863

Annual Committed   -   339

Daily Greatest number   -   72

 

Year 1868

Annual Committed   -   596

Daily Daily average   -   63

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.361
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.28
  • The Third Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1821), Appendix, p.45; 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.50; 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.69; 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.79; 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, 1824, XIX.359), p.152; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.156; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.150; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.142; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.165; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.146; Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.151; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830-31, XII.1), p.140; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1831-32. XXXIII.197), p.140; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.1), p.147; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1834, XLVI.1), p.138; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1835, XLIV.225), p.141; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1836, XLII.1), p.91; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837, XLV.1), p.93; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837-8, XLIII.227), p.98; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXXVIII.17), p.92; Reports Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.1), p.103; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1841, XVIII.1), p.104; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXXII.1), p.107; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1843, XLIII.1), p.108; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXXIX.403), p.110; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXXVII.417), p.131; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXXIV.187), p.123; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847, XLVII.297), p.138; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847-48, LII.465), p.141
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 4 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXV.1), p.2377
  • 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.52; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXV.565), p.28; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.1), p.110; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.227), p.82; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland and Eastern District, Fourteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1849, XXVI.1), p.20; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.291), p.125; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Sixteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.461), p.99; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventeenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852-53, LII.1), p.55; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Nineteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1856, XXXIII.385), p.41; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Twentieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1857, Session 1, VII.313), p.35; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Twenty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1857, Session 2, XXIII.1), p.33; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1859, Session 1, XI.1), p.62; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1860, XXXV.1), p.58; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1861, XXIX.45), p.61; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1862, XXV.93), p.62; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Twenty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1864, XXVI.89), p.34; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.233), p.63; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1867-68, XXXIV.1), p.52; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.1), p.44; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.529), p.59; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1872, XXXI.169), p.34; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1873, XXXII.337), p.63

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1118114&sort=4&search=all&criteria=Louth%20&rational=q&recordsperpage=10&p=4&move=n&nor=121&recfc=0; Bill Painter, Story of Louth House of Correction, 1671-1872 (2004); http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayStandard.aspx?oid=246200

Management

Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: LQS/B/5

Collection: Lindsey Quarter Sessions

Description: Treadmill

Dates: 1820


Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: LQS/B/5

Collection: Lindsey Quarter Sessions

Description: miscellaneous items including petition re salary, applications for jobs, insurance policies

Dates: 1806-1863


Staff

Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: EPWORTH PAR/13/34

Collection: Epworth Parish Records

Description: Copy of 2 letters relating to references for the position of Jailer at Louth House of Correction

Dates: 1839


Prisoners

Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: CoC/14/7

Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)

Description: Register of prisoners in Louth Gaol. Gives personal and criminal information.

Dates: 1870-1872


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: PCOM2/342

Collection: Prison Commission

Description: Nominal register of prisoners

Dates: 1852-1859


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: LQS/B/5

Collection: Lindsey Quarter Sessions

Description: Additions, specifications, letters, agreements, plans

Dates: 1824-1848