Tideswell House of Correction

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Records

Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   {1812}

Date closed   1828

Location   Commercial Road   Tideswell

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Derbyshire

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   {1812}

Date closed   1828

Location   Commercial Road   Tideswell

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   53.2780799  Long.   -1.7729411

County   Derbyshire

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   15

Daily Greatest number   -   7

 

Year 1823

Annual Committed   -   26

Daily Census   -   3

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.557
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.8
  • Sixth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1824), Appendix, p.25; Seventh Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1827), Appendix, p.23
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1824, XIX.359), p.60; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.62; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.62; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.55; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.64

Finance

Archive name: Derbyshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: Q/AB/1/11

Collection: Derbyshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Bundle: direction to supply an account of expenses issued in building, repairing, fitting and furnishing gaols and houses of correction since 1800, 23 Mar; returns and accounts relating to the County Gaol and the houses of correction at Ashbourne, Chesterfield, Tideswell and Wirksworth.

Dates: 19th century


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Derbyshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: Q/AB/1/1

Collection: Derbyshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Gaol Presentments for want of repair (1788-1822). Includes Tideswell House of Correction (1812), with plan (1822). 

Dates: 1812, 1822