Alternative Names Swaffham Bridewell, Swaffham Gaol, Swaffham House of Correction
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol & House of Correction/Bridewell
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1599 [1787]
Date closed 1878
Location London Street Swaffham
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Norfolk
Built in 1787 on the site of the old Swaffham Bridewell (constructed in 1599).
Alternative Names Swaffham Bridewell, Swaffham Gaol, Swaffham House of Correction
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1599 [1787]
Date closed 1878
Location London Street Swaffham
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 52.6451396 Long. 0.6899787
County Norfolk
Built in 1787 on the site of the old Swaffham Bridewell (constructed in 1599).
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 312
Daily Greatest number - 52
Year 1823
Annual Committed - 395
Daily Census - 59
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 283
Daily Census - 45
Year 1833
Annual Committed - 341
Daily Census - 47
Year 1838
Annual Confined - 327
Daily Census - 30
Year 1843
Annual Confined - 434
Daily Census - 37
Year 1848
Annual Confined - 593
Daily Daily average - 76
Year 1853
Annual Confined - 456
Daily Daily average - 66
Year 1858
Annual Committed - 298
Daily Daily average - 44
Year 1863
Annual Committed - 383
Daily Greatest number - 83
Year 1868
Annual Committed - 409
Daily Daily average - 51
Year 1873
Annual Committed - 229
Daily Daily average - 28
Archive name: Norfolk Record Office
Catalogue ref: HMN 4/70/1
Collection: Hamond of Westacre papers
Description: Letters from James Redin. Include Sessions order appointing Hamond and others to inspect Swaffham Bridewell accounts.
Dates: c.1803-1809
Archive name: Norfolk Record Office
Catalogue ref: NRS 2450, 11E2
Collection: Norfolk Record Society Manuscipts
Description: Petition of North Greenhoe Hundred to Quarter Session against the abolition of Little Walsingham Bridewell and enlargement of the Prison and Court House at Swaffham
Dates: 1828
Archive name: Norfolk Record Office
Catalogue ref: C/S 4
Collection: Norfolk Quarter Sessions
Description: Sessions minute books of administrative business, including reports of Visiting Justices, Keepers and Surgeons of County Gaol and the various Bridewells
Dates: 1799-1968
Archive name: Norfolk Record Office
Catalogue ref: NRS 2448, 11E2
Collection: Norfolk Record Society Manuscipts
Description: Petition to Quarter Sessions from the payers of the County rate in the Hundred of Launditch against a salary increase for the Chaplain of the Swaffham Bridewell
Dates: 1828
Archive name: Norfolk Record Office
Catalogue ref: C/Saa 3/13-15
Collection: Norfolk Quarter Sessions
Description: Plans of Swaffham Bridewell
Dates: 1843