Richmond Borough Gaol

Overview

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Overview

Alternative Names   Richmond Corporation or Borough Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol & House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1794

Date closed   1866

Location   workhouse, Long Hill (present day Victoria Road)   Richmond

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Yorkshire

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Richmond Corporation or Borough Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1794

Date closed   1866

Location   workhouse, Long Hill (present day Victoria Road)   Richmond

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   54.4045774  Long.   -1.7409574

County   Yorkshire

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   2

Daily Greatest number   -   2

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   0

Daily Greatest number   -   0

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   59

Daily Census   -   0

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   28

Daily Census   -   2

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   33

Daily Daily average   -   0

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   7

Daily Daily average   -   0

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   18

Daily Daily average   -   0

 

Year 1863

Annual Committed   -   13

Daily Greatest number   -   5

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.502
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.52
  • 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.52
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.83
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 3 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIV.1), p.1703
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.70
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837, XXXII.499), p.157; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXII.1), p.119; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1841 Session 2, V.1), p.168; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.1), p.21; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.227), p.111; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Northern District, Fourteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1849, XXVI.167), p.19; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.291), p.52; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Nineteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1856, XXXIII.385), p.90

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Richmond/

Management

Archive name: North Yorkshire County Record Office

Catalogue ref: QSB

Collection: North Riding Quarter Sessions

Description: Material relating to North Allerton House of Correction and Richmond Borough Gaol. Includes agendas, orders, reports, appointments, accounts, bills and vouchers, coroners' records.

Dates: 1800-1878