Bristol Prison

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Alternative Names   HMP Bristol, Horfield Prison

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Prison

Jurisdiction   Local

Date opened   1884

Date closed   post 1900 (still open)

Location   Cambridge Road, Horfield   Bristol

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Somersetshire

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Prison Info

Alternative Names   HMP Bristol, Horfield Prison

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Local

Date opened   1884

Date closed   post 1900 (still open)

Location   Cambridge Road, Horfield   Bristol

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.480833  Long.   -2.592222

County   Somersetshire

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Prisoner Statistics

Year 1888

Annual Committed   -   2403

Daily Daily average   -   183

Year 1893

Annual Committed   -   2907

Daily   -  

Year 1898

Annual Committed   -   2909

Daily   -  

Principal Primary Sources

  • Commissioners of Prisons, Eighth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884-85, XXXVII.527, 651), p.12; Commissioners of Prisons, Ninth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1886, XXXV.1, 93), p.12; Commissioners of Prisons, Tenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1887, XLI.203, 335), p.11; Commissioners of Prisons, Eleventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1888, LVIII.1, 209), p.12; Commissioners of Prisons, Twelfth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1889, XLI.1, 181), p.12; Commissioners of Prisons, Thirteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890, XXXVII.1, 183), p.12; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890-91, XLIII.1, 125), p.11; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1892, XLII.1, 147), p.9; Commissioners of Prisons, Sixteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1893-94, XLVII.1, 121), p.9; Commissioners of Prisons, Seventeenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1894, XLIV.1, 183), p.9; Commissioners of Prisons, Eighteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1895, LVI.727, 865), p.10
  • Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1895-96 (Parl. Papers, 1896, XLIV.235), p.29; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1896-97 (Parl. Papers, 1897, XL.105), p.163; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1897-98 (Parl. Papers, 1898, XLVII.23), p.182; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1898-99 (Parl. Papers, 1899, XLIII.65), p.168; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1899-1900 (Parl. Papers, 1900, XLI.1), p.198

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Management

Archive name: Bristol Archives

Catalogue ref: 41405/Adm/M/1

Collection: Records relating to Horfield Prison

Description: Commissioners and Inspectors Minutes

Dates: 1889-1935

Archive name: Bristol Archives

Catalogue ref: 41405/Mgt/Co/1

Collection: Records relating to Horfield Prison

Description: Management records. Correspondence.

Dates: 1894-1958

Archive name: Bristol Archives

Catalogue ref: 44694/3

Collection: None

Description: Transcripts of both the Horfield Prison notes and the article by Henry Bold in the Gazette, along with biographical notes on him and general notes on the history of the Prison made by Chris Pickford.

Dates: undated

Archive name: Bristol Archives

Catalogue ref: 44696/2

Collection: None

Description: Henry Bold's account of Horfield Prison. Written by Henry H. Bold.

Dates: c.1900

Staff

Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: PCOM7/644A

Collection: Prison Commission

Description: Staff. Pay and Conditions of Service: Officers Quarters. Bristol: purchase of properties on Falmouth Road

Dates: 1894-1921

Prisoners

Archive name: Bristol Archives

Catalogue ref: 41405/Mgt/Nm/1/1-27

Collection: Records relating to Horfield Prison

Description: Nominal registers (mixed)

Dates: 1881-1912

Archive name: Bristol Archives

Catalogue ref: BCC/D/POL/SC/2/1

Collection: Corporation of Bristol

Description: Notice to Prisoners awaiting trial, giving rights regarding witnesses and right to contact embassy or legation

Dates: 1892

Land & Buildings

Archive name: Bristol Archives

Catalogue ref: 4312/27

Collection: None

Description: Bristol Gaol by Josiah Thomas. Plan.

Dates: 1872-1892

Archive name: Bristol Archives

Catalogue ref: Bristol Plans/arranged/31 or 07785/16

Collection: None

Description: New prison, Horfield. 6 plans.

Dates: 1874

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