Stamford Borough Gaol and House of Correction

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Overview

Alternative Names   Stamford Borough Gaol, Stamford Gaol, Stamford Town Gaol

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

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1779

Date closed   1878

Location   town hall   Stamford

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Lincolnshire

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Stamford Borough Gaol, Stamford Gaol, Stamford Town Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1779

Date closed   1878

Location   town hall   Stamford

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.6510504  Long.   -0.4781538

County   Lincolnshire

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   45

Daily Greatest number   -   13

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   38

Daily Greatest number   -   10

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   46

Daily Census   -   3

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   40

Daily Census   -   7

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   30

Daily Daily average   -   3

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   32

Daily Daily average   -   5

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   35

Daily Daily average   -   4

 

Year 1863

Annual Committed   -   66

Daily Greatest number   -   15

 

Year 1868

Annual Committed   -   36

Daily Daily average   -   7

 

Year 1873

Annual Committed   -   50

Daily Daily average   -   4

 

Year 1878

Annual Committed   -   2

Daily Daily average   -   0

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.543
  • 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.45
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.105
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 4 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXV.1), p.2532
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.32
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern, Third Report (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XXXI.1), p.83; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXV.565), p.49; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.1), p.129; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.227), p.90; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Eleventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXI.483), p.59; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland and Eastern District, Fourteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1849, XXVI.1), p.5; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.291), p.146; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Sixteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.461), p.110; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventeenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852-53, LII.1), p.61; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Eighteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1856, XXXIII.1), p.38; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Twenty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1857, Session 2, XXIII.1), p.37; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1859, Session 1, XI.1), p.69; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1862, XXV.93), p.70; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Twenty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1864, XXVI.89), p.37; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.257), p.63; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.233), p.70; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1867-68, XXXIV.1), p.60; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.1), p.60; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.529), p.88; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1872, XXXI.169), p.47; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1873, XXXII.337), p.86; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1874, XXIX.389), p.110; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1875, XXXVII.417), p.114; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Fortieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1876, XXXV.417), p.114; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1877, XLIII.421), p.114; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1878, XLI.417), p.110

Additional Primary Sources

  • William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire (Sheffield, 1856), p. 884

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.stamfordtowncouncil.gov.uk/Stamford-TC/stamford_town_hall-23059.aspx

Land & Buildings

Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives

Catalogue ref: LCNST: 3309.1. Museum Collection

Collection: None

Description: Book of ground plans of properties owned by Stamford Corporation. Includes plan of Town Hall and Gaol copied from the original plans by B. P. Wilme. Shows the cells and position of the treadwheel (19th century). 

Dates: 19th century