Newport Gaol

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Overview

Alternative Names   Newport Bridewell and Town Gaol, Newport Gaol

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

Jurisdiction   Municipality

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

Newport County Bridewell (ID 250) was located on the same site. By 1848, the prison had been converted into a police station.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Newport Bridewell and Town Gaol, Newport Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

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

Newport County Bridewell (ID 250) was located on the same site. By 1848, the prison had been converted into a police station.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   48

Daily Greatest number   -   10

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   224

Daily Census   -   24

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.18
  • 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.39; 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.16
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1843, XLIII.1), p.75; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXXIX.403), p.71; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXXVII.417), p.84; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXXIV.187), p.77; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847, XLVII.297), p.86; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847-48, LII.465), p.84
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (1829, XIX.401), p.52
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 2 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIII.133), p.784
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Third Report (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XXXI.177), p.67; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXV.721), p.93; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.391), p.237; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Eleventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXI.565), p.213; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Twelfth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXV.1), p.220; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fourteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.1), p.83

Secondary Sources

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

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