Norwich Bridewell

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Alternative Names   Norwich City Bridewell, Norwich House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1585 [1752]

Date closed   1828

Location   bridewell opposite St Andrew's Church, Bridewell Alley   Norwich

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Norfolk

Critical Remarks

Established 1585. This building was destroyed by fire and a new bridewell constructed on the same site 1751-2.

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Prison Info

Alternative Names   Norwich City Bridewell, Norwich House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1585 [1752]

Date closed   1828

Location   bridewell opposite St Andrew's Church, Bridewell Alley   Norwich

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.6302148  Long.   1.2948686

County   Norfolk

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Critical Remarks

Established 1585. This building was destroyed by fire and a new bridewell constructed on the same site 1751-2.

Prisoner Statistics

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   818

Daily Greatest number   -   32

Year 1824

Annual Committed   -   466

Daily Census   -   12

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.449
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.34
  • 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.57; 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.99; 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.110
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.350; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.334; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.291

Additional Primary Sources

  • Francis White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk (Sheffield, 1854), p. 86

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.archives.norfolk.gov.uk/view/NCC098527

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Management

Archive name: Norfolk Record Office

Catalogue ref: NCR Case 19c

Collection: City of Norwich Records

Description: Bridewell Committee minute books

Dates: 1793-1820

Prisoners

Archive name: Norfolk Record Office

Catalogue ref: NCR Case 6a

Collection: City of Norwich Records

Description: Coroners' inquests, including prisoners

Dates: 1669-1835

Land & Buildings

Archive name: Norfolk Record Office

Catalogue ref: NCR Case 19c

Collection: City of Norwich Records

Description: Inventory of the fixtures, furniture, utensils and implements in the said Bridewell (August 1813). Entered at back of Bridewell Committee minute book.

Dates: 1793-1820

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