York New City House of Correction

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Overview

Alternative Names   York City House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1838

Date closed   1869

Location   site adjacent to the Old Baile, now covered by Baile Hill Terrace, Falkland Street, and parts of Newton Terrace and Kyme Street   York

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Yorkshire

Critical Remarks

The New City House of Correction was located in premises previously used by the City Gaol (ID 105).

Related Prisons

Prison Info

Alternative Names   York City House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1838

Date closed   1869

Location   site adjacent to the Old Baile, now covered by Baile Hill Terrace, Falkland Street, and parts of Newton Terrace and Kyme Street   York

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   53.95385  Long.   -1.0840213

County   Yorkshire

Critical Remarks

The New City House of Correction was located in premises previously used by the City Gaol (ID 105).

Related Prisons

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   314

Daily Census   -   29

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   423

Daily Census   -   40

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   622

Daily Daily average   -   37

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   448

Daily Daily average   -   48

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   368

Daily Daily average   -   32

 

Year 1863

Annual Committed   -   561

Daily Greatest number   -   46

 

Year 1868

Annual Committed   -   538

Daily Daily average   -   36

Principal Primary Sources

  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXXVIII.17), p.211; Reports Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.1), p.224; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1841, XVIII.1), p.237; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXXII.1), p.240; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1843, XLIII.1), p.241; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXXIX.403), p.230; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXXVII.417), p.267; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXXIV.187), p.277; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847, XLVII.297), p.280; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847-48, LII.465), p.283
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.74
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXII.1), p.107; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1841 Session 2, V.1), p.156; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.1), p.13; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1843, XXV. & XXVI.249), p.131; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIV.1), p.12; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Northern District, Fourteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1849, XXVI.167), p.31; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Sixteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.461), p.67; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventeenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852-53, LII.1), p.109; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Nineteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1856, XXXIII.385), p.97; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Twenty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1857, Session 2, XXIII.1), p.59; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1857-58, XXIX.209), p.64; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1859, Session 1, XI.213), p.55; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1860, XXXV.381), p.44; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1863, XXIII.109), p.100; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.257), p.113; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.233), p.127; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1867-68, XXXIV.1), p.123

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


Prisoners

Archive name: York City Archives

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

Collection: York Civic Archive

Description: Minutes from the Committee to enquire into circumstances of death of John Waddington in the House of Correction

Dates: 1839