Peterborough House of Correction

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Overview

Alternative Names   Peterborough Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   pre 1800

Date closed   1844

Location   Cumbergate Street   Peterborough

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Northamptonshire

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Peterborough Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   pre 1800

Date closed   1844

Location   Cumbergate Street   Peterborough

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.5726832  Long.   -0.2436058

County   Northamptonshire

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   2

Daily Greatest number   -   2

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   194

Daily Greatest number   -   28

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   39

Daily Census   -   6

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   66

Daily Census   -   5

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.477
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.36
  • 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.53; Eighth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1832), Appendix, p.33
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.75
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.44
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District. First Report (Parl. Papers, 1836, XXXV.269), p.47; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXII.217), p.189; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.193), p.104; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.391), p.328

Additional Primary Sources

  • Christopher Alexander Markham, History of the county buildings of Northamptonshire (Taylor & Son, 1885), pp. 29-30