Wisbeach House of Correction

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Alternative Names Wisbeach Gaol

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

Jurisdiction County

Date opened 1846

Date closed 1878

Location Victoria Road (also known as Gaol Lane) Wisbech

Map location exact or closely approximate

County Cambridgeshire

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Prison Info

Alternative Names Wisbeach Gaol

Prison Type Local Prison

Jurisdiction County

Date opened 1846

Date closed 1878

Location Victoria Road (also known as Gaol Lane) Wisbech

Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 52.65996 Long. 0.162859

County Cambridgeshire

Prisoner Statistics

Year 1848

Annual Confined - 435

Daily Daily average - 33

Year 1853

Annual Confined - 259

Daily Daily average - 30

Year 1858

Annual Committed - 194

Daily Daily average - 29

Year 1863

Annual Committed - 220

Daily Greatest number - 38

Year 1868

Annual Committed - 242

Daily Daily average - 26

Year 1873

Annual Committed - 229

Daily Daily average - 32

Year 1878

Annual Committed - 17

Daily Daily average - 0

Principal Primary Sources

Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland and Eastern District, Thirteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXVI.1), p.40; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.291), p.221; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Sixteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.461), p.141; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventeenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852-53, LII.1), p.13; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Eighteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1856, XXXIII.1), p.12; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Nineteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1856, XXXIII.385), p.13; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Twenty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1857, Session 2, XXIII.1), p.12; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1859, Session 1, XI.1), p.22; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1860, XXXV.1), p.16; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1860, XXXV.229), p.23; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1862, XXV.93), p.23; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1863, XXIII.1), p.20; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.1), p.39; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.1), p.33; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1868-69, XXIX.1), p.24; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1870, XXXVII.1), p.24; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.241), p.29; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1872, XXXI.1), p.19; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1873, XXXII.1), p.36; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1874, XXIX.1), p.41; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1875, XXXVII.1), p.46; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Fortieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1876, XXXV.1), p.46; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Forty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1877, XLIII.1), p.47; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Forty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1878, XLI.1), p.47

Secondary Sources

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol4/pp268-269; http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/directory_record/4182/prisons

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Land & Buildings

Archive name: Wisbech and Fenland Museum

Catalogue ref: TMN 650

Collection: None

Description: Detailed plan of the town part of the District of Wisbech, showing the Gaol

Dates: Undated

Images

Archive name: Wisbech Library

Catalogue ref: Lilian Ream/I003

Collection: None

Description: Photograph of Wisbech Gaol

Dates: Undated

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