Northleach House of Correction

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Overview

Alternative Names   Northleach County House of Correction

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

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1791

Date closed   1860

Location   Fosse Way   Northleach

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Gloucestershire

Critical Remarks

After its closure, prison was used as a remand centre and police station.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Northleach County House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1791

Date closed   1860

Location   Fosse Way   Northleach

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.8327403  Long.   -1.8429696

County   Gloucestershire

Critical Remarks

After its closure, prison was used as a remand centre and police station.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   358

Daily Greatest number   -   43

 

Year 1823

Annual Committed   -   271

Daily Census   -   28

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   285

Daily Census   -   36

 

Year 1833

Annual Committed   -   415

Daily Census   -   35

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   383

Daily Census   -   23

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   417

Daily Census   -   21

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   633

Daily Daily average   -   53

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   397

Daily Daily average   -   37

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   174

Daily Daily average   -   12

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.438
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.16
  • 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.23; 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.25; 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.37; 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.45; 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.14
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1824, XIX.359), p.106; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.100; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.102; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.92; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.101; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.93; Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.89; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830-31, XII.1), p.88; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1831-32. XXXIII.197), p.91; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.1), p.93; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1834, XLVI.1), p.87; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1835, XLIV.225), p.90; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1836, XLII.1), p.56; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837, XLV.1), p.60; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837-8, XLIII.227), p.58; Reports Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.1), p.56; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1841, XVIII.1), p.58; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXXII.1), p.57; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1843, XLIII.1), p.65; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXXIX.403), p.59; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXXVII.417), p.69; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXXIV.187), p.68; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847, XLVII.297), p.77; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847-48, LII.465), p.75
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.18
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Third Report (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XXXI.177), p.52; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXV.721), p.99; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.193), p.129; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.391), p.182; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIV.207), p.180; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Eleventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXI.565), p.159; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Twelfth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXV.1), p.169; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Thirteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXVI.133), p.125; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.579), p.122; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Eighteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852-53, LII.113), p.83; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Twentieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1854-55, XXVI.1), p.85; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Twenty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1857, Session 1, VII.401), p.75; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1859, Session 1, XI.169), p.26; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1861, XXIX.1), p.24

Secondary Sources

  • Ann Rachel Harwood, 'The Northleach House of Correction', Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology Journal (1982), pp. 2-5; http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-130502-the-old-prison-formerly-northleach-house#.WHOEGlOLRaQ; Michael Banks, The Old Prison: The Story of the House of Correction at Northleach (Simon Randall, 2013).

Management

Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/AG/20

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Answers to Queries from Quarter Sessions as to schedule for hard labour, by Governor and Keepers of Prisons

Dates: 1842


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/CR/27/48-128

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Houses of Correction. Original half-yearly returns (with a few drafts and copies) from Keepers to Clerk of the Peace

Dates: 1847-1860


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/AG/11-12

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Copy orders of Quarter Sessions respecting the new Gaol, Penitentiary House and Houses of Correction

Dates: 1789-1823


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/SO/12-21

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Order books. Contain material on the administration of the county prisons. The catalogue describes contents of some books in substantial detail.

Dates: 1799-1868


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/AG/22

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Reports and returns, printed report of an investigation made by the Visiting Justices, with reference to alleged improper conduct of the Governor of Northleach Gaol

Dates: 1843


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/AG/19

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Reports of Governor of County Gaol and Keepers of the Houses of Correction to Quarter Sessions. Also, draft reports from Chairman of Quarter Sessions to the Secretary of State. With some reports of Visiting Justices

Dates: 1825-1887


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/GN/1

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Visiting Justice's order book

Dates: 1791-1844


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/GN/2

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Visiting justice's journal

Dates: 1830-1844


Finance

Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/GN/3

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Cash book

Dates: 1791-1812


Daily Business

Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/GN/5/2-3

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Surgeon's journals

Dates: 1818-1841


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/GN/5/1

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Apothecary's journal

Dates: 1800-1818


Prisoners

Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/GN/4

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Register of prisoners

Dates: 1791-1816


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: D3893/8/4

Collection: None

Description: Northleach, committal orders to House of Correction

Dates: 1817-1853


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: D3893/8/5

Collection: None

Description: Northleach, orders for discharge of prisoners from House of Correction

Dates: 1826-1853


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: D2593/2/38

Collection: Fulljames and Waller of Gloucester, Architects

Description: Northleach, alterations and additions to the House of Correction

Dates: 1840-1848


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: D363/P3

Collection: None

Description: Hampnett and Stowell, A Map of the Parish of Hampnett, includes Northleach Prison (copy at PC/885)

Dates: c.1800


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/AG/5

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Building plans, Northleach

Dates: c.1785-1874


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/AG/8

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Building contract at Northleach (re treadmill)

Dates: 1840