Alternative Names Southampton Bridewell, Southampton Town Bridewell
Prison Type Local Prison - House of Correction/Bridewell
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1707
Date closed 1835
Location God's House Gateway (South East Gate), old tower, bottom end of town Southampton
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Hampshire
Located on the same site as the Southampton Town Gaol (ID 172), the two prisons officially merged in 1835. However, the prisons still appeared as separate institutions in the 1838 Digest.
Alternative Names Southampton Bridewell, Southampton Town Bridewell
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1707
Date closed 1835
Location God's House Gateway (South East Gate), old tower, bottom end of town Southampton
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 50.8964615 Long. -1.4038955
County Hampshire
Located on the same site as the Southampton Town Gaol (ID 172), the two prisons officially merged in 1835. However, the prisons still appeared as separate institutions in the 1838 Digest.
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 27
Daily Greatest number - 5
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 63
Daily Census - 63
Year 1832
Annual Committed - 90
Daily Greatest number - 25
Year 1838
Annual Confined - 214
Daily Census - 21
Archive name: Southampton Archives Office
Catalogue ref: D/PM/5/3/2/4, 7
Collection: Page and Moody Collection (Southampton Quarter Sessions)
Description: Returns for House of Correction
Dates: 1824-1825
Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies
Catalogue ref: 92M95/F2/1/19
Collection: Baring (Northbook) family
Description: Printed report of the Visiting Justices upon the state of the Gaol and Bridewell for the County of Southampton, presented to the Epiphany Sessions
Dates: 1819
Archive name: Southampton Archives Office
Catalogue ref: SC9/4/801
Collection: Southampton Corporation
Description: Receipted bill of Peter Blythe for repairs down to the windows in the Debtors' Gaol, Guildhall, Bridewell and Felons' GaolÂ
Dates: 1807
Archive name: Southampton Archives Office
Catalogue ref: SC9/4/809
Collection: Southampton Corporation
Description: Receipted bill of Peter Blythe for work done on the windows in the Debtors' Gaol, Guildhall, Felons' Gaol and Bridewell
Dates: 1808
Archive name: Southampton Archives Office
Catalogue ref: SC9/4/817
Collection: Southampton Corporation
Description: Receipted bill of Peter Watts for Carpenter's and Joiner's work at the Bridewell
Dates: 1808
Archive name: Southampton Archives Office
Catalogue ref: SC9/4/802
Collection: Southampton Corporation
Description: Receipted bill of Joseph Payne as Keeper of the Bridewell
Dates: 1808
Archive name: Southampton Archives Office
Catalogue ref: D/PM/5/3/25/6
Collection: Page and Moody Collection (Southampton Quarter Sessions)
Description: List of boys under imprisonment in Bridewell
Dates: 1819