Woodbridge House of Correction

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Overview

Alternative Names   Woodbridge Bridewell, Woodbridge County House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1805

Date closed   1841

Location   Theatre Street   Woodbridge

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Suffolk

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Woodbridge Bridewell, Woodbridge County House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1805

Date closed   1841

Location   Theatre Street   Woodbridge

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.0945837  Long.   1.3125751

County   Suffolk

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   76

Daily Greatest number   -   18

 

Year 1823

Annual Committed   -   83

Daily Census   -   6

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   74

Daily Census   -   4

 

Year 1833

Annual Committed   -   124

Daily Census   -   10

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   154

Daily Census   -   3

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.591
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.44
  • 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.72; 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.132; 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.136; 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.41
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1824, XIX.359), p.212; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.242; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.222; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.258; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.227; Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.226; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830-31, XII.1), p.221; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1831-32. XXXIII.197), p.222; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.1), p.236; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1834, XLVI.1), p.223; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1835, XLIV.225), p.213; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1836, XLII.1), p.143; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837, XLV.1), p.143; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837-8, XLIII.227), p.148; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXXVIII.17), p.145; Reports Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.1), p.152; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1841, XVIII.1), p.159; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXXII.1), p.161
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.56
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District. First Report (Parl. Papers, 1836, XXXV.161), p.82; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXII.1), p.159; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXV.565), p.140; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.1), p.161

Additional Primary Sources

  • William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Suffolk (2nd edn, Sheffield, 1855), p. 275

Management

Archive name: Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch

Catalogue ref: B/106/3/6/1

Collection: Suffolk Quarter Sessions

Description: Visitation books, Woodbridge Bridewell

Dates: 1828


Archive name: Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch

Catalogue ref: B/106/3/8.1-4

Collection: Suffolk Quarter Sessions

Description: Visitation books

Dates: 1802-1842


Prisoners

Archive name: Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch

Catalogue ref: B/106/3/8.1-4

Collection: Suffolk Quarter Sessions

Description: Register of prisoners

Dates: 1802-1813