Newcastle House of Correction

Overview

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Records

Overview

Alternative Names   Newcastle Upon Tyne Bridewell, Newcastle Upon Tyne House of Correction and Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   pre 1800

Date closed   1828

Location   Manor Place   Newcastle Upon Tyne

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Northumberland

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Newcastle Upon Tyne Bridewell, Newcastle Upon Tyne House of Correction and Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   pre 1800

Date closed   1828

Location   Manor Place   Newcastle Upon Tyne

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   54.969998  Long.   -1.6110164

County   Northumberland

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   331

Daily Greatest number   -   59

 

Year 1823

Annual Committed   -   228

Daily Census   -   49

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.414
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.36
  • Fifth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1823), Appendix, p.90
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1824, XIX.359), p.288; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.370; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.360; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.314; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.370

Additional Primary Sources

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

Secondary Sources

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

Management

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


Finance

Archive name: Tyne and Wear Archives

Catalogue ref: QS.NC/16

Collection: Newcastle upon Tyne Quarter Sessions

Description: Orders and accounts of costs incurred by the Keeper of the House of Correction and the Keeper of the Common Goal for the upkeep of prisoners. Also costs incurred by the High Constable for apprehending and moving criminals.

Dates: 1812-1816