York City House of Correction

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Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1814

Date closed   1838

Location   Toft Green   York

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Yorkshire

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1814

Date closed   1838

Location   Toft Green   York

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   53.956981  Long.   -1.0902621

County   Yorkshire

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   128

Daily Greatest number   -   50

 

Year 1823

Annual Committed   -   124

Daily Census   -   124

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   162

Daily Census   -   162

 

Year 1833

Annual Committed   -   248

Daily Census   -   33

Principal Primary Sources

  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.54
  • 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.86; 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.124; 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.155; 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.161; 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.47
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1824, XIX.359), p.302; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.356; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.346; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.301; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.354; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.317; Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.319; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830-31, XII.1), p.314; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1831-32. XXXIII.197), p.313; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.1), p.339; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1834, XLVI.1), p.324; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1835, XLIV.225), p.310; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1836, XLII.1), p.208; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837, XLV.1), p.209; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837-8, XLIII.227), p.211
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 3 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIV.1), p.1750
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837, XXXII.499), p.118; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXII.1), p.107

Additional Primary Sources

  • Edward Baines, History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, Volume II: East and North Ridings (Leeds, 1823), p. 65

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/city-of-york/pp491-498

Management

Archive name: York City Archives

Catalogue ref: Y/COU/5/8/1

Collection: York Civic Archive

Description: Committee minutes concerning the consolidation of Gaol and House of Correction

Dates: 1836-1837


Finance

Archive name: York City Archives

Catalogue ref: Y/COU/5/8/2

Collection: York Civic Archive

Description: Gaol Finance Committee minutes

Dates: 1836-1871