Newcastle Gaol and House of Correction

Overview

Details

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Overview

Alternative Names   Newcastle Upon Tyne Borough Gaol and House of Correction, Newcastle Upon Tyne Borough Gaol, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Prison, HMP Newcastle-upon-Tyne

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

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1828

Date closed   post 1900 (1925)

Location   Carliol Square   Newcastle Upon Tyne

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Northumberland

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Newcastle Upon Tyne Borough Gaol and House of Correction, Newcastle Upon Tyne Borough Gaol, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Prison, HMP Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1828

Date closed   post 1900 (1925)

Location   Carliol Square   Newcastle Upon Tyne

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   54.9728638  Long.   -1.6108528

County   Northumberland

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   150

Daily Census   -   39

 

Year 1833

Annual Committed   -   386

Daily Census   -   37

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   1243

Daily Census   -   113

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   1521

Daily Census   -   163

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   1138

Daily Daily average   -   108

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   1292

Daily Daily average   -   142

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   1908

Daily Daily average   -   164

 

Year 1863

Annual Committed   -   1364

Daily Greatest number   -   196

 

Year 1868

Annual Committed   -   1899

Daily Daily average   -   229

 

Year 1873

Annual Committed   -   1914

Daily Daily average   -   192

 

Year 1878

Annual Committed   -   3848

Daily Daily average   -   264

 

Year 1883

Annual Committed   -   4763

Daily Daily average   -   276

 

Year 1888

Annual Committed   -   4318

Daily Daily average   -   236

 

Year 1893

Annual Committed   -   5889

Daily   -  

 

Year 1898

Annual Committed   -   5469

Daily   -  

Principal Primary Sources

  • 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.34
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.331; Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.335; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830-31, XII.1), p.327; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1831-32. XXXIII.197), p.326; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.1), p.352; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1834, XLVI.1), p.337; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1835, XLIV.225), p.322; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1836, XLII.1), p.216; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837, XLV.1), p.217; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837-8, XLIII.227), p.220; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXXVIII.17), p.218; Reports Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.1), p.235; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1841, XVIII.1), p.248; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXXII.1), p.248; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1843, XLIII.1), p.250; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXXIX.403), p.240; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXXVII.417), p.277; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXXIV.187), p.287; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847, XLVII.297), p.291; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847-48, LII.465), p.295
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 3 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIV.1), p.1650
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.46
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Northumberland and Durham, Third Report (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XXXI.299), p.124; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Northumberland and Durham, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXII.449), p.169; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Northumberland and Durham, Fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXV.721), p.31; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Northumberland and Durham, Sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1841 Session 2, V.413), p.18; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Northumberland and Durham, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.369), p.35; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Northumberland and Durham, Eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1843, XXV. & XXVI.441), p.90; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Northumberland and Durham, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.973), p.58; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Northumberland and Durham, Eleventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1846, XX.461), p.77; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Northumberland and Durham, Twelfth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847, XXIX.381), p.132; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Northern District, Fourteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1849, XXVI.167), p.11; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.793), p.72; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Sixteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.837), p.76; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Seventeenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852-53, LII.265), p.87; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Eighteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852-53, LII.361), p.79; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Nineteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1854, XXXII.1), p.80; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Twentieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1854-55, XXVI.123), p.62; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Twenty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1856, XXXIII.657), p.64; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Twenty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1857 Session 1, VII.505), p.64; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1857-58, XXIX.209), p.59; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1859, Session 1, XI.213), p.51; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1860, XXXV.381), p.40; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1863, XXIII.109), p.78; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Twenty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1864, XXVI.89), p.45; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.257), p.78; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.233), p.85; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1867-68, XXXIV.1), p.77; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.1), p.78; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.529), p.113; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1872, XXXI.169), p.58; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1873, XXXII.337), p.110; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1874, XXIX.389), p.138; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1875, XXXVII.417), p.142; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Fortieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1876, XXXV.417), p.142; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1877, XLIII.421), p.142; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1878, XLI.417), p.138
  • Commissioners of Prisons, Second Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1878-79, XXXIV.1, 97), p.51; Commissioners of Prisons, Third Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1880, XXXV.1,73), p.64; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1881, LI.441, 521), p.67; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1882, XXXIII.443, 541), p.72; Commissioners of Prisons, Sixth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1883, XXXI.445, 579), p.75; Commissioners of Prisons, Seventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884, XLII.461, 551), p.72; Commissioners of Prisons, Eighth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884-85, XXXVII.527, 651), p.72; Commissioners of Prisons, Ninth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1886, XXXV.1, 93), p.67; Commissioners of Prisons, Tenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1887, XLI.203, 335), p.64; Commissioners of Prisons, Eleventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1888, LVIII.1, 209), p.63; Commissioners of Prisons, Twelfth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1889, XLI.1, 181), p.62; Commissioners of Prisons, Thirteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890, XXXVII.1, 183), p.61; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890-91, XLIII.1, 125), p.57; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1892, XLII.1, 147), p.55; Commissioners of Prisons, Sixteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1893-94, XLVII.1, 121), p.54; Commissioners of Prisons, Seventeenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1894, XLIV.1, 183), p.53; Commissioners of Prisons, Eighteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1895, LVI.727, 865), p.54
  • Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1895-96 (Parl. Papers, 1896, XLIV.235), p.139; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1896-97 (Parl. Papers, 1897, XL.105), p.283; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1897-98 (Parl. Papers, 1898, XLVII.23), p.315; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1898-99 (Parl. Papers, 1899, XLIII.65), p.323; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1899-1900 (Parl. Papers, 1900, XLI.1), p.366

Additional Primary Sources

  • Eneas Mackenzie, 'Public buildings: The new prisons', in Historical Account of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Including the Borough of Gateshead (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1827), pp. 218-224. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/newcastle-historical-account/pp218-224

Secondary Sources

  • https://twarchives.org.uk/collection/user-guides-and-information (user guide 14: law and order)

Management

Archive name: Carlisle Archive Centre

Catalogue ref: DHN/N/51/10/q

Collection: Howard Family of Naworth

Description: Act to build a Gaol for Northumberland, printed copy

Dates: 1821


Archive name: Tyne and Wear Archives

Catalogue ref: DF.JB/1/1, 17, 19

Collection: John Brown, clerk to Newcastle Magistrates

Description: Communications from the Home Secretary to the Mayor of Newcastle regarding Gaol matters

Dates: 1839-1840


Archive name: Tyne and Wear Archives

Catalogue ref: MG.NC/6/1-6

Collection: Newcastle Magistrates Court

Description: Quarterly and Special Sessions minutes and orders, dealing with administration of Prisons and lunatic asylums.

Dates: 1837-1913


Archive name: Tyne and Wear Archives

Catalogue ref: PR.NC/1/1

Collection: Newcastle City Gaol and House of Correction

Description: Minutes of a Magistrates' Committee to find a site for a new Gaol, apply for an Act of Parliament, and build the Gaol and a House of Correction. (Later became the Gaol Committee).

Dates: 1820-1821


Archive name: Tyne and Wear Archives

Catalogue ref: PR.NC/3/1-8

Collection: Newcastle City Gaol and House of Correction

Description: Gaol ledgers

Dates: 1837-1878


Archive name: Tyne and Wear Archives

Catalogue ref: QS.NC/1/8-17

Collection: Newcastle upon Tyne Quarter Sessions

Description: Order books. Highly likely to contain material on the administration of Newcastle's gaols and houses of correction

Dates: 1777-1802, 1818-1902


Archive name: Tyne and Wear Archives

Catalogue ref: QS.NC/134-141

Collection: Newcastle upon Tyne Quarter Sessions

Description: Includes certificates of compliance with the regulation of gaols act

Dates: 1828-1829


Archive name: Tyne and Wear Archives

Catalogue ref: QS.NC/337/1

Collection: Newcastle upon Tyne Quarter Sessions

Description: Draft report by the Town Clerk on Prisons under King George IV

Dates: 1857


Staff

Archive name: Durham County Record Office

Catalogue ref: P/13/1

Collection: None

Description: Register of Officers, Newcastle

Dates: 1872-1924


Archive name: Carlisle Archive Centre

Catalogue ref: DX 1235/1/105-130

Collection: None

Description: Letters to John and Margaret Parker in Carlisle. Topics include Joseph Little's career as a Prison Officer, Newcastle.

Dates: 1860, 1885


Archive name: Carlisle Archive Centre

Catalogue ref: PROB/1874/W363

Collection: None

Description: Will of George Carr, Warder, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Gaol (copy)

Dates: 1874


Prisoners

Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: PCOM2/343

Collection: Prison Commission

Description: Newcastle upon Tyne Gaol: register of prisoners

Dates: 1859-1860


Archive name: Northumberland Archives

Catalogue ref: SANT/BEQ/26/1/10/139

Collection: None

Description: Confession of prisoner in Newcastle Gaol to the murder of his wife, requesting that his body be buried deeply in the Gaol yard

Dates: 1844


Archive name: Tyne and Wear Archives

Catalogue ref: PR.NC/6/1

Collection: Newcastle City Gaol and House of Correction

Description: Particulars of criminals convicted of a crime specified in section 20 of the Prevention of Crimes Act (1871), and reported to the Secretary of State (Home Secretary) as being imprisoned in Newcastle Gaol

Dates: 1873


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Tyne and Wear Archives

Catalogue ref: D.NCP/16/2

Collection: Newcastle City Council

Description: Plans of the Gaol, including John Dobson's original plans

Dates: 1823-1925


Archive name: Tyne and Wear Archives

Catalogue ref: MD.NC/BC/plan/T186/782

Collection: Newcastle City Council

Description: Building Control plans, Newcastle Gaol

Dates: 1859


Images

Archive name: Northumberland Archives

Catalogue ref: SANT/BEQ/15/1/90/A

Collection: None

Description: Pencil drawing of debtor's cell, new Gaol, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Dates: c.1850


Archive name: Northumberland Archives

Catalogue ref: SANT/BEQ/15/1/90/B

Collection: None

Description: Untitled pencil drawing (new Gaol, County of Newcastle-upon-Tyne)

Dates: c.1851