Newbury Borough Gaol

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Overview

Alternative Names   Newbury Bridewell, Newbury Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol & House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   pre 1800

Date closed   [1851]

Location   adjoins workhouse/ former workhouse, Cheap Street   Newbury

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Berkshire

Critical Remarks

The Bridewell and Town Gaol (ID 215) were two separate institutions until at least 1828, the Gaol adjoining the Guildhall and part of a public house (Market Place) and the Bridwell located in the old workhouse (Cheap Street). By c1830, it appears that the two institutions had merged on the site of the Bridewell. By c1835, the Bridewell/ Gaol was being used primarily (if not only) as a lock up house. Last appears in the penal statistics for 1850.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Newbury Bridewell, Newbury Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   pre 1800

Date closed   [1851]

Location   adjoins workhouse/ former workhouse, Cheap Street   Newbury

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.3994297  Long.   -1.3223753

County   Berkshire

Critical Remarks

The Bridewell and Town Gaol (ID 215) were two separate institutions until at least 1828, the Gaol adjoining the Guildhall and part of a public house (Market Place) and the Bridwell located in the old workhouse (Cheap Street). By c1830, it appears that the two institutions had merged on the site of the Bridewell. By c1835, the Bridewell/ Gaol was being used primarily (if not only) as a lock up house. Last appears in the penal statistics for 1850.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   27

Daily Greatest number   -   7

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   77

Daily Census   -  

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   227

Daily Greatest number   -   12

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   101

Daily Census   -   0

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   104

Daily Census   -   0

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   165

Daily Daily average   -   0

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.408
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.2
  • 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.2
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (1829, XIX.401), p.6
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.69
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 1 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIII.1), p.91
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837, XXXII.1), p.35; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Third Report (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XXX.1), p.187; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXI.1), p.93; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXV.1), p.65; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1841 Session 2, IV.1), p.55; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIII.1), p.108