Norwich Gaol

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Alternative Names   Norwich City Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1597

Date closed   1826

Location   opposite Guildhall, on Guildhall Hill, on site of former inn (Lamb Inn)   Norwich

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Norfolk

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Prison Info

Alternative Names   Norwich City Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1597

Date closed   1826

Location   opposite Guildhall, on Guildhall Hill, on site of former inn (Lamb Inn)   Norwich

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.6290283  Long.   1.2924027

County   Norfolk

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Prisoner Statistics

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   65

Daily Greatest number   -   38

Year 1823

Annual Committed   -   124

Daily Census   -   34

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.445
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.34
  • [Second] Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1820), p.20; 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.52; 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.80; 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.98; 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, 1824, XIX.359), p.290; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.348; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.332

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 19

Collection: City of Norwich Records

Description: Minute books and ledger and cash accounts of various Assembly Committees. Includes records of the City, Coal, Market, River and Streets, Tonnage, Bridewell, and Gaol Committees, and of the Chamberlain's Council.

Dates: 1556-1857

Archive name: Norfolk Record Office

Catalogue ref: NCR Case 19c

Collection: City of Norwich Records

Description: Gaol Committee minute books

Dates: 1799-1836

Archive name: Norfolk Record Office

Catalogue ref: NCR Case 20a (MF 612-620)

Collection: City of Norwich Records

Description: Norwich City Quarter Sessions minute books. Likely to contain material relevant to the administration of the borough prisons

Dates: 1511-1846

Finance

Archive name: Norfolk Record Office

Catalogue ref: NCR Case 18b

Collection: City of Norwich Records

Description: Chamberlains' annual account books. Fees and salaries. Taxes paid by Corporation for various properties (Workhouse, Waterworks, Brewhouse and Mint, Gaol, Butchery and Fishery, Gun House etc). Payments by bills and orders (eg drink for prisoners on public days), payments by orders of Committee (eg for Gaol, Hay House).

Dates: 1700-1835

Prisoners

Archive name: Norfolk Record Office

Catalogue ref: NCR 12d

Collection: City of Norwich Records

Description: Gaoler's certificates of numbers

Dates: 1808-1834

Archive name: Norfolk Record Office

Catalogue ref: NCR Case 12d

Collection: City of Norwich Records

Description: Sessional returns of prisoners

Dates: 1702-1833

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: N/S 17/33

Collection: Norwich City Council

Description: Norwich Gaol, ground plan

Dates: 1818

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