Penrith County House of Correction and Lock Up

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Records

Overview

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

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1826

Date closed   c1836 [1860]

Location   unknown   Penrith

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Cumberland

Critical Remarks

By the late 1830s, used only as a lock up. Exact location unknown.

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1826

Date closed   c1836 [1860]

Location   unknown   Penrith

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   54.662688  Long.   -2.7611451

County   Cumberland

Critical Remarks

By the late 1830s, used only as a lock up. Exact location unknown.

Principal Primary Sources

  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837, XXXII.499), p.105; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXII.1), p.101; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.227), p.126; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Northern District, Thirteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXVI.361), p.115; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.793), p.79; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Sixteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.837), p.83; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Seventeenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852-53, LII.265), p.80; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Nineteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1854, XXXII.1), p.74; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Scotland, Twentieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1854-55, XXVI.123), p.53

Additional Primary Sources

  • Mannix and Whellan, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Cumberland (Beverley, 1847), p. 290.

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/penrith

Management

Archive name: Norfolk Record Office

Catalogue ref: DCN 26/9

Collection: Norwich Cathedral records

Description: Bundle of Chapter Clerk's papers, return re Cathedral Gaol (1819), with related papers

Dates: c.1812-c.1830