Plymouth House of Correction

Overview

Details

Records

Overview

Alternative Names   Plymouth Dock Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1812}

Date closed   {1818}

Location   adjoins the Poor House   Plymouth

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Devon

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Plymouth Dock Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   {1812}

Date closed   {1818}

Location   adjoins the Poor House   Plymouth

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   50.365961  Long.   -4.1526289

County   Devon

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   132

Daily Greatest number   -   12

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.479
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.10

Management

Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

Catalogue ref: 1/608

Collection: Plymouth Borough

Description: Gaol, house of correction. Returns, with lists of prisoners and expenses incurred and other associated papers. Also a return of the gaol describing the facilities and allowances given to prisoners.

Dates: 1821-1835


Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

Catalogue ref: 1/722/5/16/2

Collection: Plymouth Borough

Description: Papers re contract for supplying Guildhall and prisons with coal

Dates: 1836


Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

Catalogue ref: 1/722/5/16/3

Collection: Plymouth Borough

Description: Papers re the supply of bread to town prisons

Dates: 1821-1836


Prisoners

Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

Catalogue ref: 1648/201

Collection: Plymouth Reformed Corporation

Description: Town Clerk's letter book, with partial name index at back. Includes Mill Prison, the Salvador Del Mundo (prison hulk), transportation (including some names of convicts awaiting), House of Correction / Borough Prison.

Dates: 1808-1816