Nottingham Town Gaol and House of Correction

Overview

Details

Records

Overview

Alternative Names   Nottingham House of Correction, Nottingham Town House of Correction, Nottingham Town Gaol, Nottingham Prison

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1789

Date closed   1891

Location   St John's Street (formerly St John's Chapel, now King Edward Street), at the corner of Glasshouse Street   Nottingham

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Nottinghamshire

Critical Remarks

From 1846, officially took on the function of the Town’s Gaol with the closure of Nottingham Town Gaol (ID 113). After the 1877 Prison Act, and the closure of the County Gaol (ID 59) in 1878, this prison became the local prison for the area.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Nottingham House of Correction, Nottingham Town House of Correction, Nottingham Town Gaol, Nottingham Prison

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1789

Date closed   1891

Location   St John's Street (formerly St John's Chapel, now King Edward Street), at the corner of Glasshouse Street   Nottingham

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.955645  Long.   -1.144814

County   Nottinghamshire

Critical Remarks

From 1846, officially took on the function of the Town’s Gaol with the closure of Nottingham Town Gaol (ID 113). After the 1877 Prison Act, and the closure of the County Gaol (ID 59) in 1878, this prison became the local prison for the area.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   920

Daily Greatest number   -   82

 

Year 1833

Annual Committed   -   890

Daily Census   -   890

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   636

Daily Census   -   30

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   473

Daily Census   -   64

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   388

Daily Daily average   -   59

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   428

Daily Daily average   -   60

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   555

Daily Daily average   -   69

 

Year 1863

Annual Committed   -   701

Daily Greatest number   -   119

 

Year 1868

Annual Committed   -   477

Daily Daily average   -   66

 

Year 1873

Annual Committed   -   893

Daily Daily average   -   99

 

Year 1878

Annual Committed   -   1880

Daily Daily average   -   144

 

Year 1883

Annual Committed   -   3641

Daily Daily average   -   199

 

Year 1888

Annual Committed   -   2814

Daily Daily average   -   199

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.459
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.38
  • [Second] Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1820), p.51; 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.62; 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.54; 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.91; 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.112
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830-31, XII.1), p.333; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1831-32. XXXIII.197), p.332; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.1), p.359; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1834, XLVI.1), p.344; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1835, XLIV.225), p.328; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1836, XLII.1), p.220; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837, XLV.1), p.222; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837-8, XLIII.227), p.223; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXXVIII.17), p.221; Reports Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.1), p.238; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1841, XVIII.1), p.251; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXXII.1), p.251; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1843, XLIII.1), p.253; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXXIX.403), p.243; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXXVII.417), p.281; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXXIV.187), p.291
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 3 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIV.1), p.1995
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.48
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern, Third Report (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XXXI.1), p.33; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXV.565), p.15; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.1), p.88; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1843, XXV. & XXVI.249), p.115; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIV.1), p.160; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland and Eastern District, Fourteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1849, XXVI.1), p.45; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.291), p.184; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Sixteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.461), p.174; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventeenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852-53, LII.1), p.81; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Eighteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1856, XXXIII.1), p.49; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Nineteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1856, XXXIII.385), p.55; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Twentieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1857, Session 1, VII.313), p.45; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Twenty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1857-58, XXIX.1), p.48; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1859, Session 1, XI.1), p.100; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1860, XXXV.229), p.95; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1861, XXIX.45), p.97; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1862, XXV.93), p.93; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1863, XXIII.109), p.83; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Twenty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1864, XXVI.89), p.47; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.257), p.85; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.233), p.92; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1867-68, XXXIV.1), p.85; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.1), p.88; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.529), p.130; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1872, XXXI.169), p.66; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1873, XXXII.337), p.127; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1874, XXIX.389), p.158; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1875, XXXVII.417), p.163; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Fortieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1876, XXXV.417), p.163; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1877, XLIII.421), p.163; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1878, XLI.417), p.159
  • Commissioners of Prisons, Second Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1878-79, XXXIV.1, 97), p.57; Commissioners of Prisons, Third Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1880, XXXV.1,73), p.73; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1881, LI.441, 521), p.74; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1882, XXXIII.443, 541), p.80; Commissioners of Prisons, Sixth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1883, XXXI.445, 579), p.81; Commissioners of Prisons, Seventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884, XLII.461, 551), p.79; Commissioners of Prisons, Eighth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884-85, XXXVII.527, 651), p.79; Commissioners of Prisons, Ninth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1886, XXXV.1, 93), p.74; Commissioners of Prisons, Tenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1887, XLI.203, 335), p.70; Commissioners of Prisons, Eleventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1888, LVIII.1, 209), p.69; Commissioners of Prisons, Twelfth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1889, XLI.1, 181), p.68; Commissioners of Prisons, Thirteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890, XXXVII.1, 183), p.68; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890-91, XLIII.1, 125), p.63

Additional Primary Sources

  • William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of the Town and County of Nottingham (Sheffield, 1832), p. 141, William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Nottinghamshire (2nd edn, Sheffield & London, 1885-6), p. 237

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/tts/tts1927/itinerary1927p5.htm

Management

Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives

Catalogue ref: C/PS/CA/10/1/1

Collection: Nottingham Petty Sessions

Description: Magistrates' meetings minute books - include administration of Borough Gaol

Dates: 1873-1890


Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives

Catalogue ref: C/QAB/3/40-45

Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Letters, including a memo about House of Correction discipline

Dates: 1834


Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives

Catalogue ref: C/QAG/2/5-50

Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Material includes rules for the House of Correction and Town Gaol as well as the County Gaol. Matters dealt with include prisoners condemned to death, debtors, officers, dietary, separation and administration (also applicable to the House of Correction).

Dates: 1801-1872


Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives

Catalogue ref: C/QACP/5/4/575

Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Reports of visiting JPs and prison inspectors

Dates: 1837


Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives

Catalogue ref: C/QACP/5/4/819

Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Report of Visiting JPs of House of Correction

Dates: 1859


Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives

Catalogue ref: C/QACP/5/4/820

Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Copy report of Committee considering report of Visiting JPs of House of Correction

Dates: 1840


Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives

Catalogue ref: C/QACP/5/4/821-822

Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Report of Visiting Justices and profits from House of Correction employment account

Dates: 1840


Finance

Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives

Catalogue ref: C/QACP/5/4/537-8

Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Letter concerning Treasurer's accounts, particularly in regard to the House of Correction

Dates: 1835


Staff

Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives

Catalogue ref: C/QAG/2/25

Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Copy letter to Archbishop of York, notifying him of appointment of Chaplains to Gaol and House of Correction, according to Act

Dates: 1823


Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives

Catalogue ref: C/QACP/5/4/648

Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Bond of new Keeper of House of Correction

Dates: 1838


Prisoners

Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives

Catalogue ref: DD/1871

Collection: None

Description: Copies of photographs of 4 unidentified prisoners (2 male and 2 female) in the Nottingham House of Correction

Dates: 1872-1873


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives

Catalogue ref: M/19502-19508, 19511-19512, 19535  

Collection: None

Description: Documents relating to land for House of Correction

Dates: 1816-1821