Wisbeach Town Gaol and Bridewell

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Overview

Alternative Names   Wisbeach Gaol, Wisbech House of Correction

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

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   [1809]

Date closed   1846

Location   Adjoins new Sessions House, on South Brink   Wisbech

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Cambridgeshire

Critical Remarks

Some dispute in the sources about its exact opening dates , but within the period 1807-11.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Wisbeach Gaol, Wisbech House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   [1809]

Date closed   1846

Location   Adjoins new Sessions House, on South Brink   Wisbech

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.6678317  Long.   0.1599526

County   Cambridgeshire

Critical Remarks

Some dispute in the sources about its exact opening dates , but within the period 1807-11.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   228

Daily Greatest number   -   45

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   142

Daily Census   -   12

 

Year 1832

Annual Committed   -   293

Daily Greatest number   -   57

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   351

Daily Census   -   45

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   419

Daily Census   -   55

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.589
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.4
  • 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.7; 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.9; 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.10; 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.9; 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.4
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (1829, XIX.401), p.15
  • Return of Places of Confinement Outside Gaol Acts in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.425), p.120
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.4
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District. First Report (Parl. Papers, 1836, XXXV.161), p.27; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXII.1), p.178; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXV.565), p.80; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.1), p.176; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.227), p.31

Secondary Sources

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