Alternative Names Walsingham Gaol, Walsingham Bridewell
Prison Type Local Prison - House of Correction/Bridewell
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1787
Date closed 1861
Location Bridewell Street Little Walsingham
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Norfolk
Alternative Names Walsingham Gaol, Walsingham Bridewell
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1787
Date closed 1861
Location Bridewell Street Little Walsingham
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 52.8950664 Long. 0.8738798
County Norfolk
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 152
Daily Greatest number - 29
Year 1823
Annual Committed - 120
Daily Census - 16
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 247
Daily Census - 46
Year 1833
Annual Committed - 375
Daily Census - 72
Year 1838
Annual Confined - 316
Daily Census - 53
Year 1843
Annual Confined - 451
Daily Census - 57
Year 1848
Annual Confined - 422
Daily Daily average - 50
Year 1853
Annual Confined - 434
Daily Daily average - 44
Year 1858
Annual Committed - 282
Daily Daily average - 35
Archive name: Norfolk Record Office
Catalogue ref: C/Saa 3/16-17
Collection: Norfolk Quarter Sessions
Description: Petitions against closure of Walsingham Bridewell
Dates: 1828
Archive name: Norfolk Record Office
Catalogue ref: NRS 2447, 11E2
Collection: Norfolk Record Society Manuscipts
Description: Petition of Brothercross Hundred to Quarter Session against the abolition of Walsingham Bridewell
Dates: 1828
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: NRS 2451, 11E2
Collection: Norfolk Record Society Manuscipts
Description: Petition of Launditch Hundred to Quarter Session against the abolition of Walsingham Bridewell
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: MF/RO 10-12
Collection: Microfilm
Description: Microfilm of return of commitments to Little Walsingham Bridewell
Dates: 1844