Northampton Borough Gaol

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Overview

Alternative Names   Northampton Town Gaol and Bridewell, Northampton Town Gaol, Northampton Borough Gaol and House of Correction

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

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1792

Date closed   1846

Location   Fish Lane (now Fish Street)   Northampton

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Northamptonshire

Critical Remarks

After 1846, becomes a police station.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Northampton Town Gaol and Bridewell, Northampton Town Gaol, Northampton Borough Gaol and House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1792

Date closed   1846

Location   Fish Lane (now Fish Street)   Northampton

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.2379547  Long.   -0.8933976

County   Northamptonshire

Critical Remarks

After 1846, becomes a police station.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   32

Daily Greatest number   -   7

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   73

Daily Census   -   10

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   93

Daily Greatest number   -   31

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   130

Daily Census   -   16

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   265

Daily Census   -   39

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.436
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.36
  • 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.106; 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.33
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXXIX.403), p.247; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXXVII.417), p.285; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXXIV.187), p.295
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (1829, XIX.401), p.85
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.71
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 3 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIV.1), p.1971
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837, XXXII.1), p.48; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Third Report (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XXXI.177), p.82; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.193), p.99; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.391), p.316; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Eleventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXI.565), p.295

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/northants/vol3/pp30-40

Finance

Archive name: Northamptonshire Archives

Catalogue ref: NP/1/7

Collection: Northampton Prison

Description: Includes bill for prison expenses

Dates: 1818


Archive name: Northamptonshire Archives

Catalogue ref: NPL 3028

Collection: None

Description: Expenses on building and for prisoners

Dates: 1797-1804


Prisoners

Archive name: Northamptonshire Archives

Catalogue ref: NP/1/2

Collection: Northampton Prison

Description: Conditional pardons

Dates: 1802-1844


Archive name: Northamptonshire Archives

Catalogue ref: NP/1/3

Collection: Northampton Prison

Description: Free pardons

Dates: 1794-1827


Archive name: Northamptonshire Archives

Catalogue ref: NP/1/4

Collection: Northampton Prison

Description: Certificates of sentences

Dates: 1806-1836


Archive name: Northamptonshire Archives

Catalogue ref: NP/1/5

Collection: Northampton Prison

Description: Reprieves

Dates: 1829-1855


Archive name: Northamptonshire Archives

Catalogue ref: NP/1/6

Collection: Northampton Prison

Description: Remission of Sentence

Dates: 1799-1840


Archive name: Northamptonshire Archives

Catalogue ref: NP/1/8

Collection: Northampton Prison

Description: Folder of remissions etc with royal signatures

Dates: 1815-1878


Archive name: Northamptonshire Archives

Catalogue ref: NP/1/9

Collection: Northampton Prison

Description: Return of prisoners executed

Dates: 1790-1832