Newport County Bridewell

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Records

Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell, Lock Up

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   pre 1800

Date closed   [1848]

Location   bottom of Holyrood Street   Newport (Isle of Wight)

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Hampshire

Critical Remarks

The Town Gaol (ID 170) was located on the same site. By 1848, the prison had been converted into a police station.

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Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   pre 1800

Date closed   [1848]

Location   bottom of Holyrood Street   Newport (Isle of Wight)

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   50.700831  Long.   -1.293869

County   Hampshire

Critical Remarks

The Town Gaol (ID 170) was located on the same site. By 1848, the prison had been converted into a police station.

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Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   122

Daily Greatest number   -   7

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   456

Daily Census   -   30

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   327

Daily Daily average   -   21

Principal Primary Sources

  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.18
  • The Third Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1821), Appendix, p.27

Additional Primary Sources

  • William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (Sheffield, 1859), p. 601.

Secondary Sources

  • Jan Toms, Isle of Wight Villains: Rogues, Rascals and Reprobates (The History Press, 2012); http://hampshireconstabularyhistory.org.uk/?page_id=944

Finance

Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: Q10/6/1-6

Collection: Hampshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Bridewells and vagrants account books (Newport until 1850)

Dates: 1715-1861


Staff

Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 21M65/E6/13/24

Collection: Winchester Diocese

Description: Copy curate's licence - Richard Mason, Gaol and House of Industry at Newport, Assistant Chaplain

Dates: 1828


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 21M65/E6/13/531

Collection: Winchester Diocese

Description: Copy curate's licence - Allan Wallace MA, the Bridewell at Newport (Chaplain)

Dates: 1845


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: Q13/1/1

Collection: Hampshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Book containing 'Proceedings of Bridewell Committee'. Includes material relating to duties and salary of gaol keeper

Dates: 1811-1816