St Albans House of Correction

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Alternative Names   St Albans House of Correction for the Liberty and Borough

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Franchise / Municipality

Date opened   1553

Date closed   [1823]

Location   Abbey Gateway   St Alban's

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Hertfordshire

Critical Remarks

The St Albans House of Correction was located on the same site as the St Albans Liberty Gaol (ID 176) and was only considered a separate institution in official sources before 1823.

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Alternative Names   St Albans House of Correction for the Liberty and Borough

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Franchise / Municipality

Date opened   1553

Date closed   [1823]

Location   Abbey Gateway   St Alban's

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.7509497  Long.   -0.3450085

County   Hertfordshire

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Critical Remarks

The St Albans House of Correction was located on the same site as the St Albans Liberty Gaol (ID 176) and was only considered a separate institution in official sources before 1823.

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Prisoner Statistics

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   97

Daily Greatest number   -   17

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.513
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.22
  • [Second] Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1820), p.22; 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.31
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 5 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXVI.1), p.2926

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