Monument record 10960 - House of Correction, Upper Northgate Street

House of correction, for the imprisonment of criminals, recorded on 18th and 19th century maps to the rear of property on Upper Northgate Street. (1-9)

A house of correction is further documented on Upper Northgate Street and may be the same structure. The Chester House was built in 1575 and stood opposite the Northgate Gaol and dealt with offenders against the Poor Law (10)

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1872-1875, Metric Ten Foot Scale Town Plan of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH6780.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1872-1875, Metric Ten Foot Scale Town Plan of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH6780.

<5> Hunter, J, 1789, Survey of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH5257.

<6> Wood, J, 1833, Plan of the City of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH5258.

<7> Stockdale, 1796, A Plan of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH6510.

<8> Cole, G, 1805, Chester 1805 (Map of) (Maps and Plans). SCH6511.

<9> Neele, Samuel John, 1809, Plan of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH6512.

<10> Burne. R.V.H, 1965, The Treatment of the Poor in the 18th century in Chester (Article in Journal). SCH5880.