Thetford Borough Gaol and House of Correction

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Overview

Alternative Names   Thetford Town Gaol, Thetford Borough Gaol

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

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1796

Date closed   [1857]

Location   Old Market Street (no. 4)   Thetford

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Norfolk

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the Judicial Statistics for 1856.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Thetford Town Gaol, Thetford Borough Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1796

Date closed   [1857]

Location   Old Market Street (no. 4)   Thetford

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.410849  Long.   0.7498432

County   Norfolk

Critical Remarks

Last appears in the Judicial Statistics for 1856.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   4

Daily Greatest number   -   7

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   13

Daily Census   -   13

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   35

Daily Greatest number   -   8

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   19

Daily Census   -   1

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   43

Daily Census   -   7

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   45

Daily Daily average   -   4

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   22

Daily Daily average   -   3

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.556
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.34
  • 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.33
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (1829, XIX.401), p.81
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.111
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 4 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXV.1), p.2544
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District. First Report (Parl. Papers, 1836, XXXV.161), p.75; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXII.1), p.176; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXV.565), p.133; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.1), p.158; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.227), p.42; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Eleventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXI.483), p.67; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland and Eastern District, Fourteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1849, XXVI.1), p.42; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.291), p.23; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventeenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852-53, LII.1), p.72; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Twenty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1857-58, XXIX.1), p.43

Additional Primary Sources

  • Francis White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk (Sheffield, 1854), p. 834

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-384801-the-old-gaol-thetford-norfolk#.Vobpy7aLTIU; http://www.archives.norfolk.gov.uk/view/NCC098527

Management

Archive name: Norfolk Record Office

Catalogue ref: T/C 2

Collection: Thetford Borough Council

Description: Assembly minute books

Dates: 1682-1945


Archive name: Norfolk Record Office

Catalogue ref: T/QS 2-7

Collection: Thetford Borough Council

Description: Quarter Sessions minute books

Dates: 1751-1833, 1839-1951


Archive name: Norfolk Record Office

Catalogue ref: T/QS 8

Collection: Thetford Borough Council

Description: Quarter Sessions files

Dates: 1897-1898


Daily Business

Archive name: Norfolk Record Office

Catalogue ref: C/PO 1/52

Collection: Norfolk County Constabulary

Description: Chaplain's visiting book

Dates: 1841-1857


Archive name: Norfolk Record Office

Catalogue ref: C/PO 1/51

Collection: Norfolk County Constabulary

Description: Surgeon's visiting book, including annual reports to Quarter Sessions

Dates: 1841-1856


Prisoners

Archive name: Norfolk Record Office

Catalogue ref: C/PO 1/53-54

Collection: Norfolk County Constabulary

Description: Receiving books

Dates: 1839-1857


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Norfolk Record Office

Catalogue ref: T/TC 5/16

Collection: Thetford Borough Council

Description: Bundle of tenders, specifications and contracts, including Samuel Holden and the Corporation for repairs to the Gaol (1882)

Dates: 1872-1927