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
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 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
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.
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 298
Daily Census - 44
Year 1833
Annual Committed - 339
Daily Census - 31
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
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
