HM Prison Durham

The Northgate was established in Saddler Street around 1072. It was rebuilt by Bishop Thomas Langley in the early 15th century to provide custodial facilities, which became known as the Northgate Prison or the County Gaol, and was enlarged in 1773. There was also a House of Correction, also known as the Bridewell, established on the north side of Elvet Bridge in 1634. In the early 19th century, the two institutions were consolidated at the current site, just south of the new Durham Courthouse: the new prison, consisting of some 600 cells, opened in 1819. In 1832, protests over working conditions in the South Shields workhouse were supported by miners' strikes. Soldiers were sent to evict…