Winchester County House of Correction

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Overview

Alternative Names   Winchester County Bridewell, Winchester New Prison or County Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1787

Date closed   1849

Location   on site of Hyde Abbey   Winchester

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Hampshire

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Winchester County Bridewell, Winchester New Prison or County Bridewell

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1787

Date closed   1849

Location   on site of Hyde Abbey   Winchester

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.0675709  Long.   -1.3152752

County   Hampshire

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   562

Daily Greatest number   -   185

 

Year 1824

Annual Committed   -   538

Daily Census   -   91

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   473

Daily Census   -   473

 

Year 1833

Annual Committed   -   804

Daily Census   -   146

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   943

Daily Census   -   140

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   1194

Daily Census   -   111

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   739

Daily Daily average   -   88

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.586
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.18
  • [Second] Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1820), p.32; The Third Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1821), Appendix, p.24; Fourth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1822), Appendix, p.23; Fifth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1823), Appendix, p.31; 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.40; 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.49; 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.15
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.234; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.110; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.102; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.113; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.106; Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.103; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830-31, XII.1), p.99; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1831-32. XXXIII.197), p.101; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.1), p.106; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1834, XLVI.1), p.98; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1835, XLIV.225), p.101; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1836, XLII.1), p.65; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837, XLV.1), p.68; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837-8, XLIII.227), p.66; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXXVIII.17), p.57; Reports Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.1), p.66; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1841, XVIII.1), p.68; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXXII.1), p.66; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1843, XLIII.1), p.73; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXXIX.403), p.69; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXXVII.417), p.82; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXXIV.187), p.75; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847, XLVII.297), p.84; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847-48, LII.465), p.82
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District. First Report (Parl. Papers, 1836, XXXV.269), p.15; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXII.217), p.93; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1841 Session 2, V.177), p.98; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.391), p.210; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Eleventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXI.565), p.186; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Twelfth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXV.1), p.195; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fourteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.1), p.78

Additional Primary Sources

  • William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (Sheffield, 1859), pp. 62-3.

Management

Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 92M95/F2/17/60

Collection: Baring (Northbook) family

Description: Letter from Sir Raymond Jarvis about Winchester Bridewell (Prisoners' earnings, turnkeys, conduct of governor)

Dates: c.1837


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 92M95/F2/1/3-4

Collection: Baring (Northbook) family

Description: Letters, from Gatekeeper at the Winchester Bridewell, containing reports on the numbers, condition and employment of prisoners in the Winchester Bridewell.

Dates: 1817


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 92M95/F2/3

Collection: Baring (Northbook) family

Description: New County Gaol, Winchester: bundle of correspondence, reports, memoranda and printed matter, Includes: Copy order of quarter sessions establishing New Gaol Committee, 1844; County Gaol statistics, 1825-1844; draft report of the New Gaol Committee; letter from Revd William Williams, vicar of St Bartholomew Hyde, concerning the moral character of Barber, the Bridewell keeper, 1839; letter from Sir William Heathcote about paying off the debt incurred in building new gaol, and other papers.

Dates: 1839-1844


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 15M84/Z3/10

Collection: Wallop, Earls of Portsmouth

Description: Report of the Committee appointed to examine into the state of the Hampshire County Gaol and Bridewells, and to report on best mode of employing the prisoners, to recommend regulations

Dates: 1817


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 38M49/A4/1

Collection: Wickham Family

Description: Report on the State of the Gaol and Bridewell at Hants Quarter Sessions, 1819

Dates: 1813-1820


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 44M69/G3/979

Collection: Jervoise family of Herriard

Description: Printed report of the Committee appointed to examine into the state of the Hampshire County Gaol and Bridewells. Includes ground plans of the Gaol and Bridewell at Winchester

Dates: 1817


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 92M95/F2/1/21

Collection: Baring (Northbook) family

Description: Letter from William Gover to Sir Thomas Baring including 'statement of the labour and the profit on the amount of materials used by the prisoners' , enclosing memorandum of the number of sacks of wheat and Barley ground at the Bridewell

Dates: 1822


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 92M95/F2/1/44-45

Collection: Baring (Northbook) family

Description: Letters from B. Herring to Sir Thomas Baring concerning the employment of prisoners at the County Bridewell in Winchester, particularly relating to the use of mills (18 February 1828) 

Dates: 1828


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 92M95/F2/17/22

Collection: Baring (Northbook) family

Description: Letter from Sir Raymond Jarvis, with a report of an inspection of Winchester Bridewell carried out by Jarvis (incomplete), including statistics and observations about methods of employment. 

Dates: 1832


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 92M95/F2/17/25

Collection: Baring (Northbook) family

Description: Letter from Sir Raymond Jarvis, seeking advice over the enforced silence amongst prisoners at Winchester Bridewell. Gives example of Brixton House of Correction. 

Dates: 1835


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 92M95/F2/19/169-170

Collection: Baring (Northbook) family

Description: Letters from Elizabeth Fry to Sir Thomas Baring concerning county prisons in Winchester

Dates: 1831-1834


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: Q13/1/1

Collection: Hampshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Book containing 'Proceedings of Bridewell Committee'

Dates: 1811-1816


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: Q13/1/2

Collection: Hampshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Book entiled 'Report on Winchester Gaol'. Contains depositions and examinations; plan

Dates: 1816-1817


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: Q28/4/6

Collection: Hampshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Notebook containing copies of orders of Quarter Sessions. Arranged alphabetically by subject, which include: Bridewell and Gaol. Most of the orders relate to procedure, appointments etc.

Dates: 1766-1832


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: TOP343/1/185

Collection: Hampshire Topographical Collection

Description: Report of the Committee appointed to examine into the state of the Hampshire County Gaol and Bridewells,to report on best mode of employing the prisoners, to recommend regulations

Dates: 1817


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: Q1/31, 33

Collection: Hampshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Quarter Sessions Order Books, including reports of Visiting Justices on County Gaol and Bridewell, rules and regulations for both

Dates: 1817-1822


Finance

Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: Q10/6/1-6

Collection: Hampshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Bridewells and vagrants account books

Dates: 1715-1861


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: Q10/1/3

Collection: Hampshire Quarter Sessions

Description: General account book. Money from the sale of flour bran etc produced by prisoners. and money from the parish of Alton for purchase of a saw mill from the Visiting Justices of the County Bridewell (Epiphany 1824). 

Dates: 1824-1843


Daily Business

Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: Q13/2/7-8

Collection: Hampshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Chaplain's Journals

Dates: 1820-1854


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: Q13/2/12

Collection: Hampshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Journals of the Governor of the County Bridewell

Dates: 1820-1852


Staff

Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 12M60/84

Collection: Compton of Minstead

Description: Notebook of Henry Combe Compton MP, contains list of officers of new prison and old prison.

Dates: 1849-1850


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 21M65/E6/13/155

Collection: Winchester Diocese

Description: Copy curate's licence: Robert John William Wright, Chaplain of the Gaol and Bridewell at Winchester

Dates: 1836


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 117M89W/12

Collection: None

Description: Probate copy will and codicil of Richard Page, Keeper of the County Bridewell (dated 27 August)

Dates: 1814-1815


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 21M65/E6/13/317

Collection: Winchester Diocese

Description: Copy Curate's licence - Thomas Lawes Shapcott, Bridewell

Dates: 1840


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 92M95/F2/17/20-21

Collection: Baring (Northbook) family

Description: Letter from Sir Raymond Jarvis, concerning misconduct of the turnkeys at Winchester Bridewell and staff appointments

Dates: 1832


Prisoners

Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 92M95/F2/19/263

Collection: Baring (Northbook) family

Description: Letter from Colonel Clive concerning men imprisoned in the Winchester Bridewell for military offences

Dates: 1844