Newcastle House of Correction

Overview

Details

Records

Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1828

Date closed   [1837]

Location   Carliol Square   Newcastle Upon Tyne

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Northumberland

Critical Remarks

The new House of Correction for Newcastle was erected next to the new Gaol (ID 111). However, they did not share the same management and were officially regarded as separate institutions until they merged in 1837.

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1828

Date closed   [1837]

Location   Carliol Square   Newcastle Upon Tyne

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

County   Northumberland

Critical Remarks

The new House of Correction for Newcastle was erected next to the new Gaol (ID 111). However, they did not share the same management and were officially regarded as separate institutions until they merged in 1837.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   298

Daily Census   -   44

 

Year 1833

Annual Committed   -   339

Daily Census   -   31

Principal Primary Sources

  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.333; Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.337; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830-31, XII.1), p.329; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1831-32. XXXIII.197), p.328; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.1), p.354; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1834, XLVI.1), p.339; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1835, XLIV.225), p.324; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1836, XLII.1), p.217; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837, XLV.1), p.219
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 3 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIV.1), p.1650

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: 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/4/1-9

Collection: Newcastle City Gaol and House of Correction

Description: House of Correction ledgers (subsequently merged with Gaol ledgers)

Dates: 1829-1836


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


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