Skirbeck House of Correction

Overview

Details

Records

Overview

Alternative Names   Kirton & Skirbeck House of Correction, Boston House of Correction

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

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1810

Date closed   1838

Location   hamlet of Skirbeck, west side of River Witham   Skirbeck

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Lincolnshire

Critical Remarks

Although the prison officially closed in 1838, it was converted into a lock up in 1849 (probably ID 504)

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Kirton & Skirbeck House of Correction, Boston House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1810

Date closed   1838

Location   hamlet of Skirbeck, west side of River Witham   Skirbeck

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   52.967872  Long.   -0.0210582

County   Lincolnshire

Critical Remarks

Although the prison officially closed in 1838, it was converted into a lock up in 1849 (probably ID 504)

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   94

Daily Greatest number   -   15

 

Year 1823

Annual Committed   -   94

Daily Census   -   21

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   84

Daily Census   -   8

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   46

Daily Census   -   0

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.67
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.28
  • The Third Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1821), Appendix, p.46; Fifth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1823), Appendix, p.51; 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.73; Seventh Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1827), Appendix, p.83; 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.25
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1824, XIX.359), p.158; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.162; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.160; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.151; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.173; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.156; Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.157; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1831-32. XXXIII.197), p.149; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837, XLV.1), p.98; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837-8, XLIII.227), p.103; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXXVIII.17), p.98
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern, Third Report (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XXXI.1), p.69; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXV.565), p.37

Additional Primary Sources

  • William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire (Sheffield, 1856), p. 290

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1133287

Management

Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: HQS/B/5/10

Collection: Holland Quarter Sessions

Description: Memoranda, inventories, appointments and contracts, Boston and Skirbeck goals

Dates: 1837-1839


Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: HQS/B/5/13

Collection: Holland Quarter Sessions

Description: Returns, Skirbeck House of Correction

Dates: 1819, 1821


Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: HQS/B/5/16/5

Collection: Holland Quarter Sessions

Description: Papers re administration of House of Correction, including rules

Dates: 1811-1833


Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: HQS/B/5/10

Collection: Holland Quarter Sessions

Description: Returns by visiting justices, gaolers, to Secretary of State about prisoners and expenses of gaols, Spalding, Boston, Skirbeck

Dates: 1835-1842


Finance

Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: HQS/B/5/16/9

Collection: Holland Quarter Sessions

Description: Receipts of Overseers of the Poor for Skirbeck: for annual payments of interest on purchase money for site of House of Correction

Dates: 1817-1884


Staff

Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: HQS/B/5/16/3

Collection: Holland Quarter Sessions

Description: Papers re appointment of keeper of House of Correction, including testimonials

Dates: 1809-1810


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: HQS/B/5/16/1

Collection: Holland Quarter Sessions

Description: Papers re acquisition of site

Dates: 1808-1810


Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: HQS/B/5/16/10

Collection: Holland Quarter Sessions

Description: Papers re Chancery case concerning ownership of the site of Skirbeck House of Correction

Dates: 1883-1886


Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: HQS/B/5/16/2

Collection: Holland Quarter Sessions

Description: Papers re building of Skirbeck House of Correction

Dates: 1808-1810


Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: HQS/B/5/16/6

Collection: Holland Quarter Sessions

Description: Papers re erection of tread mill at House of Correction

Dates: 1822-1823


Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: HQS/B/5/16/7

Collection: Holland Quarter Sessions

Description: Papers re proposed purchase and exchange of lands with Black Sluice Commissioners

Dates: 1847-1854


Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: HQS/B/5/16/8

Collection: Holland Quarter Sessions

Description: Papers re conversion of House of Correction into a lock-up

Dates: 1848-1849