Aylesbury Prison

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Overview

Alternative Names   Aylesbury Female Prison

Prison Type   Convict Prison

Date opened   1890

Date closed   post 1900 (still open)

Location   Bierton Road   Aylesbury

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Buckinghamshire

Critical Remarks

Formerly a local prison (Aylesbury County gaol and House of Correction, ID 335), Aylesbury Prison was first occupied by male convicts sent to convert the establishment into a prison for female convicts. The work was completed in late 1895, the female prisoners received in November that year from Woking Female Prison (ID 1015), and the male prisoners redistributed among the other convict prisons.

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Aylesbury Female Prison

Prison Type   Convict Prison

Date opened   1890

Date closed   post 1900 (still open)

Location   Bierton Road   Aylesbury

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.822  Long.   -0.7997

County   Buckinghamshire

Critical Remarks

Formerly a local prison (Aylesbury County gaol and House of Correction, ID 335), Aylesbury Prison was first occupied by male convicts sent to convert the establishment into a prison for female convicts. The work was completed in late 1895, the female prisoners received in November that year from Woking Female Prison (ID 1015), and the male prisoners redistributed among the other convict prisons.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1893

Annual Confined   -   304

Daily Census   -   162

 

Year 1898

Annual   -  

Daily Daily average   -   135

Principal Primary Sources

  • Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1895-96 (Parl. Papers, 1896, XLIV.235), p.245; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1896-97 (Parl. Papers, 1897, XL.105), p.392; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1897-98 (Parl. Papers, 1898, XLVII.23), p.448; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1898-99 (Parl. Papers, 1899, XLIII.65), p.474; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1899-1900 (Parl. Papers, 1900, XLI.1), p.527
  • Directors of Convict Prisons, Reports, 1890-91 (Parl. Papers, 1890-91, XLIII.449, 497), p.3; Directors of Convict Prisons, Reports, 1891-92 (Parl. Papers, 1892, XLII.467, 539), p.3; Directors of Convict Prisons, Reports, 1892-93 (Parl. Papers, 1893-94, XLVII.427, 473), p.3; Directors of Convict Prisons, Reports, 1893-94 (Parl. Papers, 1894, XLIV.491, 541), p.3; Directors of Convict Prisons, Reports, 1894-95 (Parl. Papers, 1895, LVI.1177, 1227), p.3

Management

Archive name: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies

Catalogue ref: AR 47/92

Collection: None

Description: Aylesbury Gaol, warrants and returns etc

Dates: 1861-1912


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: PCOM 7/225

Collection: Prison Commission

Description: Warrants constituting and appointing Convict Prisons etc. Aylesbury Prison (males and females)

Dates: 1890-1905


Archive name: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies

Catalogue ref: HMP/A/Box 25

Collection: Aylesbury Gaol

Description: Board of Visitors' minute book, Aylesbury Female Convict Prison

Dates: 1899-1910


Archive name: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies

Catalogue ref: HMP/A/Box 26

Collection: Aylesbury Gaol

Description: Visiting Director's journal, one or two entries per year (closed for 70 years)

Dates: 1899-1988


Daily Business

Archive name: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies

Catalogue ref: HMP/A/Box 1

Collection: Aylesbury Gaol

Description: Governor's journal

Dates: 1897-1903


Staff

Archive name: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies

Catalogue ref: D-FR/224/12

Collection: Fremantle manuscripts

Description: Appointments as Visitor of Woman's Prison, Aylesbury

Dates: 1899-1905


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: PCOM 7/173

Collection: Prison Commission

Description: Prison visitors, Aylesbury Prison, lady visitors. Appointment of Duchess of Bedford, and annual reports

Dates: 1896-1898


Prisoners

Archive name: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies

Catalogue ref: HMP/A/Box 1

Collection: Aylesbury Gaol

Description: Register of deaths in females prisons, Aylesbury Female Prison

Dates: 1863-1913


Archive name: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies

Catalogue ref: HMP/A/Box 13

Collection: Aylesbury Gaol

Description: Register of descriptions of inmates

Dates: 1891-1909