Odiham County Bridewell

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Overview

Alternative Names   Odiham Bridewell

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

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1742

Date closed   1847

Location   The Bury, Church Street   Odiham

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Hampshire

Critical Remarks

At the Michaelmas Quarter Sessions in October 1823, orders were given to close this prison. However, it opened to prisoners again in 1835. Converted into a police station in 1847.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Odiham Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1742

Date closed   1847

Location   The Bury, Church Street   Odiham

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.2531721  Long.   -0.9398879

County   Hampshire

Critical Remarks

At the Michaelmas Quarter Sessions in October 1823, orders were given to close this prison. However, it opened to prisoners again in 1835. Converted into a police station in 1847.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   70

Daily Greatest number   -   18

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.462
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.18
  • 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.42
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1836, XLII.1), p.67; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837, XLV.1), p.70; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837-8, XLIII.227), p.68; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXXVIII.17), p.59
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXII.217), p.75; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1841 Session 2, V.177), p.89

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.odiham-society.org/plaque.html

Management

Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 15M84/Z3/10

Collection: Wallop, Earls of Portsmouth

Description: Report of the Committee appointed to examine into the state of the Hampshire County Gaol and Bridewells, and to report on best mode of employing the prisoners, to recommend regulations

Dates: 1817


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 44M69/G3/979

Collection: Jervoise family of Herriard

Description: Printed report of the Committee appointed to examine into the state of the Hampshire County Gaol and Bridewells. Includes ground plans of the Bridewell at Odiham

Dates: 1817


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 92M95/F2/1/43

Collection: Baring (Northbook) family

Description: Copy order of the Hampshire Quarter Sessions relating closure of Odiham Bridewell

Dates: 1823


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 92M95/F2/1/47

Collection: Baring (Northbook) family

Description: Printed copy of the report of the Visiting Magistrates of the County Gaol and Bridewells and for the closure of Odiham Bridewell

Dates: 1832


Staff

Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: Q13/1/1

Collection: Hampshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Book containing 'Proceedings of Bridewell Committee'. Includes material relating to duties and salary of gaol keeper

Dates: 1811-1816


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: Q13/1/2

Collection: Hampshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Book entiled 'Report on Winchester Gaol'. Contains plan only

Dates: 1816-1817