Tiverton House of Correction

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Overview

Alternative Names   Tiverton Town Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1652

Date closed   c1846

Location   St Andrew Street (site of former church of St Andrew)   Tiverton

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Devon

Critical Remarks

It is possible that the new Tiverton Borough Gaol and House of Correction (ID 635) was built on the same site as this prison in 1846.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Tiverton Town Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1652

Date closed   c1846

Location   St Andrew Street (site of former church of St Andrew)   Tiverton

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   50.90184  Long.   -3.4893103

County   Devon

Critical Remarks

It is possible that the new Tiverton Borough Gaol and House of Correction (ID 635) was built on the same site as this prison in 1846.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   26

Daily Greatest number   -   11

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   15

Daily Census   -   9

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   41

Daily Greatest number   -   10

 

Year 1838

Annual   -   123

Daily Census   -   5

 

Year 1843

Annual   -   101

Daily Census   -   6

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.558
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.10
  • 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.9
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (1829, XIX.401), p.41
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.112
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 1 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIII.1), p.627
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837, XXXII.1), p.44; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Third Report (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XXXI.177), p.32; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1841 Session 2, V.177), p.174; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.391), p.108; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Eleventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXI.565), p.98; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Twelfth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXV.1), p.98; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Thirteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXVI.133), p.69

Management

Archive name: Devon Heritage Centre

Catalogue ref: R4/1-0/C/308

Collection: Tiverton Borough Council

Description: Papers relating to borough gaols and police

Dates: 1663-1939


Finance

Archive name: Devon Heritage Centre

Catalogue ref: R4/1-0/C/310

Collection: Tiverton Borough Council

Description: Return to Home Office of expenditure on the Gaol and House of Correction since 1800

Dates: 1831


Archive name: Devon Heritage Centre

Catalogue ref: R4/1-0/T/41

Collection: Tiverton Borough Council

Description: Account book, including expenses of police, Gaol and maintenance of prisoners and returns of convicted prisoners

Dates: 1837-1949


Prisoners

Archive name: Devon Heritage Centre

Catalogue ref: R4/1-0/C/309

Collection: Tiverton Borough Council

Description: Bundle of correspondence, including duplicate returns to Home Office of names and numbers of prisoners

Dates: 1829-1879