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Second Report of the Inspectors appointed under the provisions of the Act 5 & 6 Will IV c 38, To visit the Different Prisons of Great Britain.

I - The Home District pp 001-491

p 001 The Silent System
p 010 The Separate System
p 021 Prison Construction
p 033 Borough Gaols
p 035 Newbury
p 036 Andover
p 036 Scarborough
p 037 Wigan
p 037 Walsall
p 037 Hereford
p 038 Bridgewater
p 038 Gloucester
p 039 Southampton
p 039 Plymouth
p 040 Dartmouth
p 040 Bideford
p 041 Windsor
p 041 Ludlow
p 041 Saffron Walden
p 042 Banbury
p 042 Chichester
p 043 Hastings
p 044 Bath
p 044 Tiverton
p 045 Grantham
p 045 Carmarthen
p 045 Doncaster
p 045 Ipswich
p 046 Ipswich Borough Bridewell
p 046 Lincoln
p 047 Yarmouth
p 047 Canterbury
p 048 Bridgnorth
p 048 Poole
p 048 Northampton
p 049 Colchester
p 049 Winchester
p 049 Devizes
p 049 Newark
p 050 Pontefract
p 050 Sudbury
p 050 Maldon
p 050 Reading
p 051 Guildford
p 051 Hythe
p 051 Folkstone
p 051 Deal
p 052 Buckingham
p 052 Faversham

p 053 Imprisonment of Military Offenders
p 066 Juvenile Offenders
p 068 Metropolitan Prisons
p 070 Table of Numbers of Prisoners under Court Martial in 1833
p 071 Tables of similar for 1835 and 1835

p 073 Cold Bath Fields House of Correction pp 073-098
p 084 Cold Bath Fields - List of Turnkeys resigned or discharged in 1836
p 099 Westminster Bridewell pp 099-128
p 124 List of Books at Westminster Bridewell
p 129 New Prison Clerkenwell pp 129-148
p 148 Horsemonger Lane prison pp 149-168
p 155 List of Officers (named)
p 168 Bridwelll Hospital, Bridge Street Blackfriars pp 168-178
p 178 The Borough Compter pp 178-185
p 185 Giltspur Street Compter pp 185-202
p 195 List of Officers (named)
p 202 Gaol of Newgate pp 202-212

Part III - County Gaols
p 213 Bedfordshire pp 213-246
p 222 Some Officers named
p 246 Berkshire Reading County Gaol pp 246-274
p 269 Some Officers named
p 274 Berkshire County House of Correction Abingdon pp 274-285
p 286 Buckinghamshire Aylesbury County Gaol pp 286-299
p 300 Essex Springfield County Gaol pp 300-322
p 321 Some Officers named
p 322 Essex - Chelmsford Gaol & House of Correction pp 322-332
p 333 Essex - Ilford House of Correction pp 332-341
p 341 Essex - Colchester House of Correction pp 341-347
p 347 Essex - Halstead House of Correction pp 347-354
p 354 Essex - Newport House of Correction pp 354-357
p 358 Hertfordshire - Hertford County Gaol pp 358-373
p 374 Kent - Maidstone County Gaol pp 374-391
p 387 Books in use among the Prisoners in Maidstone Gaol
p 391 Kent - Canterbury County Gaol and House of Correction pp 391-400
p 394 Books in use among the Prisoners at Canterbury
p 400 Kent - Dover Town and Cinque Ports Gaol pp 400-408
p 410 Surrey - House of Correction at Kingston upon Thames pp 410-418
p 418 Surrey - County House of Correction Guildford pp 418-438
p 434 List of Officers (named)


Second Report of the Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain

II - Northern and Eastern District pp 001-157

p 001 Introductory Report pp 001-005
p 005 Appendix A - Eastern Penitentiary - Extract from the Tenth Report of the  Boston Prison Discipline Society. 26th May 1835 US pp 005-008
 With Appendices B & C also re the USA.
p 008 Appendix D - New Bailey, Salford - Return of Boys Committed for
robbing gardens since 1st June 1836 to 22nd August 1836.
p 009 Derbyshire - Derby County Gaol pp 009-016
p 014 List of prisoners employed as wardsmen and cooks.
p 017 Derbyshire - Derby Borough Gaol
p 017 Cheshire - Chester County Gaol pp 017-023
p 019 List of Prisoners with work done
p 024 Cheshire - Knutsford County House of Correction pp 024-030
p 025 Return of Deaths of Prisoners 1827 to 10th Oct 1836
p 031 Cheshire - Chester City Gaol and House of Correction pp 031-034
p 035 Cheshire - Congleton Borough Gaol
p 035 Cheshire - Macclesfield County Lock-up
p 035 Cheshire - Macclesfield Debtor's' Gaol
p 037 Cheshire - Stockport Borough and County Lock-up
p 038 Lancashire - Lancaster Castle County Gaol pp 038-049
p 040 Table of Deaths in Lancaster 1822 to 16th August 1836.
p 046 Return of Prisoners employed
p 047 Return of Prisoners who, on Discharge received 20s and upwards
p 050 Cheshire & Lancashire Courts of Requests Prisoners
p 052 Lancashire - Preston County House of Correction pp 052-059
p 058 Return of Prisoners receiving allowances for services performed
p 061 Lancashire - Kirkdale Gaol & House of Correction pp 061-069
p 065 Return of Prisoners who were employed in paid offices
p 070 Lancashire - New Bailey Salford County House of Correction pp 070-080
p 075 Return of Prisoners employed who were paid
p 077 List of 4 Women under sentence of Transportation
p 081 Lancashire - Liverpool Borough Gaol and House of Correction pp 081-083
p 084 Lancashire - Liverpool Bridewell
p 085 Lancashire - Juvenile Delinquency, Liverpool pp 085-089
p 090 Lancashire - Kirkdale Juvenile Delinquency - named
p 090 Lancashire - Liverpool Borough Gaol Juvenile Delinquency - named
p 091 Lancashire - Lancaster Borough Gaol
p 091 Lancashire - Wigan Borough Gaol
p 091 Westmoreland - Appleby County Gaol & House of Correction pp 091-096
p 097 Westmoreland - Kendal County House of Correction pp 097-099
p 100 Cumberland - Carlisle County Gaol and House of Correction pp 100-104
p 105 Cumberland - Penrith County House of Correction and Lock-up
p 105 Cumberland - Cockermouth County House of Correction and Lock-up
p 106 Cumberland - Whitehaven County House of Correction and Lock-up
p 107 Yorkshire - York Castle County Gaol pp 107-113
p 109 Return of Prisoners died in York Castle 1st Oct 1831 to 1st Oct 1836
p 114 Yorkshire - York City Gaol pp 114-117
p 118 Yorkshire - York City House of Correction pp 118-120
p 121 Yorkshire - York St Peter's Liberty Gaol
p 121 Yorkshire - Wakefield House of Correction for West Riding pp 121-137
p 124 Return of Prisoners died at Wakefield 1st Oct 1834 to 1st Oct 1836
p 127 Wakefield - Names of Sweepers and Labourers who do not attend Chapel
p 131 Wakefield - List of Prisoner employed as wardsmen and women
p 132 Wakefield - Names of Prisoners employed at 16th Nov 1836
p 133 Wakefield - Prisoners confined - silent and separate
p 138 Yorkshire - Leeds Borough Prison and Lock-up pp 138-140
p 140 Yorkshire - Leeds - Vagrant House
p 140 Yorkshire - Rothwell Debtor's Prison
p 141 Yorkshire - Bradford Town and County Lock-ups
p 141 Yorkshire - Bradford Debtor's Prison
p 142 Yorkshire - Halifax Gaol for the Liberty of Wakefield
p 142 Yorkshire - Halifax - Town Lock-ups
p 142 Yorkshire - Halifax Court of Request's Prison
p 143 Yorkshire - Pontefract Borough Gaol
p 144 Yorkshire - Pontefract County Lock-ups
p 144 Yorkshire - Doncaster Borough Gaol
p 144 Yorkshire - Sheffield Gaol for the Court of Requests' Debtors and for the  Court Baron of the Manor of Sheffield
p 146 Yorkshire - Ecclesfield Sheffield Gaol for the Court of Requests' and for  the Court Baron
p 147 Yorkshire - Sheffield Town Gaol and Lock-up
p 147 Yorkshire - Knaresborough Borough Gaol
p 147 Yorkshire - Knaresborough The Forest, Forest Liberty and Borough Liberty  Gaol
p 147 Yorkshire - Knaresborough Town and Riding Lock-up house
p 148 Yorkshire - Gaol and House of Correction for the Liberty of Ripon
p 151 Yorkshire - Ripon Gaol for the Liberty
p 151 Yorkshire - Northallerton House of Correction North Riding pp 151-156
p 157 Yorkshire - Richmond Liberty Debtor's Gaol
p 157 Yorkshire - Richmond Borough Gaol
p 157 Yorkshire - Scarborough House of Correction
p 157 Yorkshire - Scarborough Borough Gaol


Second Report of the Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain

III - Southern and Western District pp 001-071

p 001 Introduction
p 003 Wiltshire Memorandum on the reduction of the number of gaols
p 004 Wiltshire - Salisbury Fisherton Anger County Gaol pp 004-008
p 009 Wiltshire - Devizes House of Correction pp 009-014
p 014 Wiltshire - Devizes The Old Bridewell
p 014 Wiltshire - Marlborough Bridewell or House of Correction pp 014-017
p 017 Dorset - Weymouth Debtor's Prison and Lock-up house
p 018 Dorset - Poole Town Gaol and House of Correction
p 020 Devon - Treasurers Account of Fines Levied
p 021 Devon - Exeter Devon County Gaol and Bridewell pp 021-027
p 028 Devon - Exeter City Gaol and Bridewell pp 028-030
p 030 Devon - County Debtor's Prison at Exeter pp 030-031
p 032 Devon - Plymouth Common Gaol
p 034 Devon - Okehampton Borough Gaol
p 034 Devon - Great Torrington Old Borough Gaol or Bridewell
p 034 Devon - Barnstaple Town Gaol, House of Correction & Debtor's Prision
p 036 Devon - Bideford Town Gaol and House of Correction
p 037 Cornwall - Bodmin County Gaol and House of Correction pp 037-042
p 042 Cornwall - Falmouth Town Gaol
p 044 Cornwall - Launceston Old County Gaol
p 044 Cornwall - Launceston Old Town Gaol and Debtor's Prison
p 044 Cornwall - Penzance Town Gaol and Bridewell
p 045 Cornwall - Lostwithiel Stannary Prison
p 045 Cornwall - Lostwithiel Lock-up House
p 046 Somerset - Bath City Gaol
p 048 Staffordshire - Walsall Common Gaol
p 048 Warwickshire - Coventry City Gaol and House of Correction pp 048-052
p 053 Glamorgan - Swansea Debtor's Gaol Liberty of Gower
p 054 Glamorgan - Swansea House of Correction for Glamorgan
p 057 Denbighshire - Llangollen Lock-up House
p 058 Denbighshire - Ruthin County Gaol and House of Correction
p 061 Denbighshire - Wrexham Borough Gaol and Lock-up House
p 061 Merionethshire - Dolgelly County Gaol and House of Correction
p 064 Merionethshire - Corwen - The Bridewell
p 065 Merionethshire - Bala House of Correction and Lock-up House
p 065 Montgomeryshire - County Gaol and House of Correction
p 068 Montgomeryshire - Welshpool Lock-up House
p 069 Flintshire - County Gaol and House of Correction
p 071 Shropshire - Oswestry Borough Gaol or Lock-up House

Source:  From Parliamentary Papers 1837 [ 89 ]
Submitted by Alan Longbottom


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