Morpeth House of Correction

Overview

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Overview

Alternative Names   Morpeth Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1715

Date closed   1829

Location   near south end of the bridge, Bridge Street   Morpeth

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Northumberland

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Morpeth Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1715

Date closed   1829

Location   near south end of the bridge, Bridge Street   Morpeth

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   55.1671833  Long.   -1.6885266

County   Northumberland

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   43

Daily Greatest number   -   20

 

Year 1823

Annual Committed   -   89

Daily Census   -   16

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   118

Daily Census   -   17

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.404
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.36
  • 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.117
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1824, XIX.359), p.178; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.198; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.200; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.175; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.210; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.186

Additional Primary Sources

  • William Parson & William White, History, Directory and Gazetteer of the Counties of Durham and Northumberland, Volume 1 (Leeds, 1827), p. 451

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/WAMDocuments/1E9E1391-78BF-4477-B300-24E92B3FC2C2_1_0.pdf?nccredirect=1

Management

Archive name: Northumberland Archives

Catalogue ref: EP/44/33

Collection: None

Description: Book of Acts, Including Northumberland Gaol, Houses of Correction and Sessions house

Dates: 1821


Archive name: Northumberland Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/S/O

Collection: Northumberland Quarter Sessions

Description: Order books. Highly likely to contain material on the administration of the county prisons

Dates: 1680-1971


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Northumberland Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/R/D/8,p489

Collection: Northumberland Quarter Sessions

Description: Conveyance of the old House of Correction, etc., at Morpeth

Dates: 1830