North Riding House of Correction at Northallerton

Overview

Details

Records

Overview

Alternative Names   Northallerton Bridewell, Northallerton House of Correction, Northallerton County Gaol, Northallerton Prison, HMP Northallerton

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1788

Date closed   post 1900 (1922, but reopened 1964 until 2013)

Location   East Road   Northallerton

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Yorkshire

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Northallerton Bridewell, Northallerton House of Correction, Northallerton County Gaol, Northallerton Prison, HMP Northallerton

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1788

Date closed   post 1900 (1922, but reopened 1964 until 2013)

Location   East Road   Northallerton

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   54.3388027  Long.   -1.4308619

County   Yorkshire

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   264

Daily Greatest number   -   73

 

Year 1824

Annual Committed   -   268

Daily Census   -   42

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   281

Daily Census   -   42

 

Year 1833

Annual Committed   -   306

Daily Census   -   45

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   371

Daily Census   -   57

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   710

Daily Census   -   910

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   1343

Daily Daily average   -   130

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   862

Daily Daily average   -   118

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   657

Daily Daily average   -   95

 

Year 1863

Annual Committed   -   880

Daily Greatest number   -   186

 

Year 1868

Annual Committed   -   1062

Daily Daily average   -   152

 

Year 1873

Annual Committed   -   1192

Daily Daily average   -   162

 

Year 1878

Annual Committed   -   1331

Daily Daily average   -   161

 

Year 1883

Annual Committed   -   1644

Daily Daily average   -   157

 

Year 1888

Annual Committed   -   1643

Daily Daily average   -   126

 

Year 1893

Annual Committed   -   1456

Daily   -  

 

Year 1898

Annual Committed   -   1239

Daily   -  

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.431
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.52
  • 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.88; Fourth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1822), Appendix, p.68; 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.121; Sixth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1824), Appendix, p.159; Seventh Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1827), Appendix, p.163; 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.48
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.308; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.294; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.265; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.305; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.273; Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.273; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830-31, XII.1), p.268; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1831-32. XXXIII.197), p.269; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.1), p.294; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1834, XLVI.1), p.281; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1835, XLIV.225), p.266; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1836, XLII.1), p.180; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837, XLV.1), p.181; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837-8, XLIII.227), p.182; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXXVIII.17), p.179; Reports Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.1), p.195; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1841, XVIII.1), p.209; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXXII.1), p.212; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1843, XLIII.1), p.209; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXXIX.403), p.204; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXXVII.417), p.243; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXXIV.187), p.251; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847, XLVII.297), p.253; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847-48, LII.465), p.260
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.70
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837, XXXII.499), p.151; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXII.1), p.109; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1841 Session 2, V.1), p.161; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.1), p.16; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.227), p.106; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Northern District, Fourteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1849, XXVI.167), p.20; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.291), p.47; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Sixteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.461), p.88; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventeenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852-53, LII.1), p.103; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventeenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852-53, LII.1), p.67; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Nineteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1856, XXXIII.385), p.88; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1857-58, XXIX.209), p.65; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1859, Session 1, XI.213), p.56; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.257), p.106; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.233), p.116; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1867-68, XXXIV.1), p.109; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.1), p.103; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.529), p.158; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1872, XXXI.169), p.79; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1873, XXXII.337), p.154; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1874, XXIX.389), p.189; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1875, XXXVII.417), p.191; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Fortieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1876, XXXV.417), p.195; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1877, XLIII.421), p.192; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1878, XLI.417), p.191
  • Commissioners of Prisons, Second Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1878-79, XXXIV.1, 97), p.53; Commissioners of Prisons, Third Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1880, XXXV.1,73), p.67; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1881, LI.441, 521), p.70; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1882, XXXIII.443, 541), p.76; Commissioners of Prisons, Sixth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1883, XXXI.445, 579), p.76; Commissioners of Prisons, Seventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884, XLII.461, 551), p.74; Commissioners of Prisons, Eighth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884-85, XXXVII.527, 651), p.74; Commissioners of Prisons, Ninth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1886, XXXV.1, 93), p.69; Commissioners of Prisons, Tenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1887, XLI.203, 335), p.65; Commissioners of Prisons, Eleventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1888, LVIII.1, 209), p.64; Commissioners of Prisons, Twelfth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1889, XLI.1, 181), p.64; Commissioners of Prisons, Thirteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890, XXXVII.1, 183), p.63; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890-91, XLIII.1, 125), p.58; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1892, XLII.1, 147), p.56; Commissioners of Prisons, Sixteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1893-94, XLVII.1, 121), p.55; Commissioners of Prisons, Seventeenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1894, XLIV.1, 183), p.54; Commissioners of Prisons, Eighteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1895, LVI.727, 865), p.56
  • Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1895-96 (Parl. Papers, 1896, XLIV.235), p.143; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1896-97 (Parl. Papers, 1897, XL.105), p.287; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1897-98 (Parl. Papers, 1898, XLVII.23), p.320; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1898-99 (Parl. Papers, 1899, XLIII.65), p.329; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1899-1900 (Parl. Papers, 1900, XLI.1), p.373

Additional Primary Sources

  • Edward Baines, History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, Volume II: East and North Ridings (Leeds, 1823), p. 496

Secondary Sources

  • https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1418864

Management

Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: CRONT 974

Collection: None

Description: Copy of notes on the treadwheel in Northallerton prison.

Dates: 1837-1865


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2388/0277

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Draft of a letter to Sir John Cox Hippisley in reply to his statement on prison labour

Dates: 1823


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2388/0516

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Copy of the contract between the North Riding Justices and the Magistrates of the Borough of Richmond for the maintenance of prisoners in the House of Correction

Dates: 1829


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2394/0001, MIC 2416

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Insurance policies, with related papers

Dates: 1835-1865


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2394/0314

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Letters and papers relating to additions and improvements to the House of Correction

Dates: 1847-1852


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: QAC

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Administrative records relating to county buildings. Includes gas lighting in courthouse and prison.

Dates: 1736-1884


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: QSB

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Material relating to North Allerton House of Correction and Richmond Borough Gaol includes: agendas; orders; reports; appointments; accounts, bills and vouchers; coroners' records

Dates: 1800-1878


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2388/0521

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Draft reports of the Visiting Justices with related papers

Dates: 1834-1843


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2388/0521

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Draft minutes of the Visiting Justices

Dates: 1836-1843


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2419/2675

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Visiting Justices' minute books

Dates: 1826-1833, 1843-1881


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2388, 2394, 2419

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Clerk's correspondence and papers, mainly relating to the affairs of the Visiting Justices, the administration of the House of Correction, and prisoners. Includes correspondence and papers of the Chairman of the Visiting Justices.

Dates: 1823-1878


Finance

Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2419/2397

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Printed accounts of the Keeper of the House of Correction

Dates: 1822-1834


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: PR/AYG 15/5

Collection: Great Ayton parish

Description: Accounts of receipts and disbursements of North Riding of York by the Treasurer, Bridge Surveyors and Gaolers

Dates: 1837-1838


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2388/0510

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Account for maintenance of prisoners

Dates: 1828


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2388/0771

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Victualling accounts

Dates: 1838


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2394/0249

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Returns presented to the Justices in Quarter Sessions of the expenses of the maintenance of prisoners in the House of Correction

Dates: 1848-1856


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2394/1878

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: House of Correction account

Dates: 1861


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2419/2495, 2525

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Cash accounts for the enlargement of the House of Correction

Dates: 1848-1870


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: QFA(A)

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Treasurers' accounts. Includes material relating to House of Correction.

Dates: 1800-1890


Daily Business

Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2394/0156

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Matron and staff of the House of Correction

Dates: 1849-1850


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2394/0132

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Schoolmaster at House of Correction

Dates: 1848-1873


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2394/0145

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Surgeon at the House of Correction

Dates: 1849-1870


Staff

Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2394/1827

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Appointment of Chaplain

Dates: 1859


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2394/0115

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Shepherd, Governor of the House of Correction, testimonials

Dates: 1837, 1847-1848


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2394/1880

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Appointment of a Governor

Dates: 1862


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2394/0950

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Appointment of Matron

Dates: 1852-1853, 1856


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2394/2229

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Appointment of a Matron

Dates: 1868


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: ZLD

Collection: Northallerton Election Records

Description: Includes testimonials in favour of Sylvester Richmond, candidate for the appointment of Surgeon to the House of Correction for the North Riding of Yorkshire.

Dates: 1866


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2394/0015

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Letters and papers relating to the staff of the House of Correction, and their salaries

Dates: 1837-1875


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: QCB

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Clerk of the Peace records. Includes bonds for work at the House of Correction, performance of offices etc.

Dates: 1781-1867


Prisoners

Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2388

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Correspondence concerning Chartists imprisoned in Northallerton House of Correction

Dates: 1840


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: QDZ (microfilm MIC 2710)

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Returns of committals to House of Correction, Northallerton

Dates: 1685-1880


Land & Buildings

Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2388/0263

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Inventory of furniture

Dates: 1800


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2388/0270

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Draft agreement for building a women's prison at Northallerton

Dates: 1814


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2388/0369

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Minutes of the building committee, tenders, specifications, letters and papers relating to the building of a new outer wall

Dates: 1825


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: MIC 2388/0407

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Extensions to the House of Correction

Dates: 1826-1828


Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: QAB

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Records relating to bridges. After 1837, Bridgemaster assumed responsibility for county buildings, including Northallerton House of Correction

Dates: 1837-1899