Devizes County Gaol and House of Correction

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Overview

Alternative Names   Devizes House of Correction, Devizes New Prison, Devizes County Gaol, Devizes Prison, HMP Devizes

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1817

Date closed   post 1900 (1914)

Location   near to Prison Bridge   Devizes

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Wiltshire

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Devizes House of Correction, Devizes New Prison, Devizes County Gaol, Devizes Prison, HMP Devizes

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1817

Date closed   post 1900 (1914)

Location   near to Prison Bridge   Devizes

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.35217  Long.   -2.0104

County   Wiltshire

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   481

Daily Greatest number   -   138

 

Year 1824

Annual Committed   -   566

Daily Census   -   124

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   620

Daily Census   -   131

 

Year 1833

Annual Committed   -   686

Daily Census   -   135

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   1071

Daily Census   -   166

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   1156

Daily Census   -   168

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   1041

Daily Daily average   -   165

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   700

Daily Daily average   -   94

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   582

Daily Daily average   -   92

 

Year 1863

Annual Committed   -   657

Daily Greatest number   -   121

 

Year 1868

Annual Committed   -   606

Daily Daily average   -   78

 

Year 1873

Annual Committed   -   919

Daily Daily average   -   105

 

Year 1878

Annual Committed   -   1094

Daily Daily average   -   163

 

Year 1883

Annual Committed   -   584

Daily Daily average   -   89

 

Year 1888

Annual Committed   -   688

Daily Daily average   -   69

 

Year 1893

Annual Committed   -   597

Daily   -  

 

Year 1898

Annual Committed   -   805

Daily   -  

Principal Primary Sources

  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.50
  • [Second] Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1820), p.41; The Third Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1821), Appendix, p.80; Fifth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1823), Appendix, p.117; Sixth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1824), Appendix, p.149; Seventh Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1827), Appendix, p.156; Eighth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1832), Appendix, p.46
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.292; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.280; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.257; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.293; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.261; Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.260; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830-31, XII.1), p.256; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1831-32. XXXIII.197), p.256; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.1), p.282; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1834, XLVI.1), p.269; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1835, XLIV.225), p.255; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1836, XLII.1), p.172; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837, XLV.1), p.174; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837-8, XLIII.227), p.175; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXXVIII.17), p.172; Reports Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.1), p.189; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1841, XVIII.1), p.201; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXXII.1), p.205; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1843, XLIII.1), p.204; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXXIX.403), p.197; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXXVII.417), p.234; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXXIV.187), p.242; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847, XLVII.297), p.244; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847-48, LII.465), p.251
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.66
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837, XXXII.659), p.9; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXII.217), p.100; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.193), p.136; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.391), p.457; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Eleventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXI.565), p.432; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Twelfth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXV.1), p.428; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Thirteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXVI.133), p.212; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fourteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.1), p.87; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1857-58, XXIX.69), p.133; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1860, XXXV.153), p.74; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1862, XXV.5), p.86; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1864, XXVI.1), p.84; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.1), p.245; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.1), p.220; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1867-68, XXXIV.203), p.301; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1868-69, XXIX.1), p.206; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1870, XXXVII.1), p.215; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.241), p.272; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1872, XXXI.1), p.154; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1873, XXXII.1), p.317; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1874, XXIX.1), p.368; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1875, XXXVII.1), p.395; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Fortieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1876, XXXV.1), p.396; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Forty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1877, XLIII.1), p.400; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Forty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1878, XLI.1), p.396
  • Commissioners of Prisons, Second Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1878-79, XXXIV.1, 97), p.21; Commissioners of Prisons, Third Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1880, XXXV.1,73), p.26; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1881, LI.441, 521), p.29; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1882, XXXIII.443, 541), p.32; Commissioners of Prisons, Sixth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1883, XXXI.445, 579), p.35; Commissioners of Prisons, Seventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884, XLII.461, 551), p.33; Commissioners of Prisons, Eighth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884-85, XXXVII.527, 651), p.33; Commissioners of Prisons, Ninth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1886, XXXV.1, 93), p.28; Commissioners of Prisons, Tenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1887, XLI.203, 335), p.26; Commissioners of Prisons, Eleventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1888, LVIII.1, 209), p.26; Commissioners of Prisons, Twelfth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1889, XLI.1, 181), p.26; Commissioners of Prisons, Thirteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890, XXXVII.1, 183), p.26; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890-91, XLIII.1, 125), p.25; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1892, XLII.1, 147), p.24; Commissioners of Prisons, Sixteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1893-94, XLVII.1, 121), p.25; Commissioners of Prisons, Seventeenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1894, XLIV.1, 183), p.24; Commissioners of Prisons, Eighteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1895, LVI.727, 865), p.24
  • Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1895-96 (Parl. Papers, 1896, XLIV.235), p.65; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1896-97 (Parl. Papers, 1897, XL.105), p.205; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1897-98 (Parl. Papers, 1898, XLVII.23), p.224; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1898-99 (Parl. Papers, 1899, XLIII.65), p.218; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1899-1900 (Parl. Papers, 1900, XLI.1), p.252

Management

Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: D1571/X48

Collection: Sotheron-Estcourt family of Shipton Moyne

Description: Draft reports (1824-1825), including abstracts of accounts of County Gaol at Fisherton Anger, Marlborough and Devizes Bridewells, and Salisbury Gaol (1823-1824). Also, returns of numbers in Devizes House of Correction, abstracts of Governors' accounts and Treasurers' accounts (1824).

Dates: 1823-1825


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/517/8

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Minutes of the Prison Visitors' Committee, giving reports of their visits, minutes of Quarter Sessions meetings appointing the Visitors and annual reports sent to the Home Office

Dates: 1878-1914


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: D1571/F141

Collection: Sotheron-Estcourt family of Shipton Moyne

Description: Various letters on personal and official matters, including letter on new Gaol at Devizes (5 December 1807, 10 March 1808)

Dates: 1774-1818


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: D1571/X157

Collection: Sotheron-Estcourt family of Shipton Moyne

Description: Letters concerning prisoners leaving Devizes Bridewell with damp clothing

Dates: 1857


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: D1571/X43

Collection: Sotheron-Estcourt family of Shipton Moyne

Description: Includes letter about diet at Devizes House of Correction, abstract of quarterly expenses of Devizes Prison (1821-1822)

Dates: 1816-1825


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 26M62/F/C782

Collection: Calthorpe of Elvetham

Description: Letter to Lord Calthorpe from H. Bricknall Estcourt, New Park, Devizes, answering queries about the County Gaol at Salisbury and the House of Correction at Devizes

Dates: 1823


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 44M69/G3/1087

Collection: Justices of the Peace, Wiltshire

Description: Printed resolutions of the Wiltshire Gaol and Bridewell Committee, concerning propriation of the new Prison at Devizes as House of Correction and Penitentiary, and the Prison at Fisherton Anger as Sheriff's Gaol and a small part of it as House of Correction

Dates: 1814


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/505/2

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Gaol Committee minutes concerning the construction of a new Gaol at Fisherton Anger, and a new House of Correction and Penitentiary at Devizes

Dates: 1809-1817


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/513/7

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: 13 copies of the Salisbury and Winchester Journal, containing letters and reports concerning the discontinuance and sale of the County Gaol at Fisherton Anger and the transfer of all prisoners to Devizes

Dates: 1867-1875


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/514/7

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Printed report on prison labour, in particular the use of the treadmill and handmill, advocating the type of handmill used at the Devizes House of Correction.

Dates: 1882


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/512

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Draft general reports to the Secretary of State under George IV (1823). From the Justices, based on the reports of the Chaplains, Visiting Justices and Keepers at Devizes, Marlborough and Fisherton Anger

Dates: 1824-1857


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/507/1

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Copy report of the Visiting Justices, Chaplains, Magistrates and Surgeons concerning the number of prisoners, their health and condition and officers' salaries at Devizes, Marlborough and Fisherton Anger

Dates: 1824-1839


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/517/7

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Circulars and draft copies of new regulations for the Visiting Committee under the Prison Act (1877). Correspondence concerning members' attendance at Committee meetings, rules for the Visiting Committee made by the Secretary of State (April 1897). 

Dates: 1896-1897


Finance

Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: 451/217

Collection: Salisbury Diocesan Registry

Description: Notes and figures about the relative cost of putting Fisherton Anger and Devizes Gaols in order

Dates: 1861-1867


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/711

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Accounts for rebuilding Devizes Bridewell (1771-1817), of Gaol and Bridewell Committee (1807-1817), of Devizes New Bridewell and Penitentiary (1810-1817); Also, vouchers (1785-1824) with gaps, returns with cost of maintaining prisoners (1857-78).

Dates: 1771-1878


Daily Business

Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/517/2

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Chaplain's journal and report book

Dates: 1867-1878


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/517/4

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Surgeon's journal

Dates: 1873-1878


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/517/3

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Non-resident officer's visit book

Dates: 1869-1878


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/517/6

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Prisoners' punishment book

Dates: 1875-1880


Staff

Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

Catalogue ref: 3040/12

Collection: None

Description: Register of Plymouth Prison Officers. Includes male and female Officers and refers to their employment at various Prisons, including Devizes

Dates: c.1875-c.1926


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/510/4

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Advertisements placed for the vacancy of Gaol Chaplain at Devizes Prison on the resignation of the Reverend A. Manning. Also, letters of application.

Dates: 1867


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: D/1/8/3/42

Collection: Records of the Diocese of Salisbury

Description: Miscellaneous papers, including commission for the Reverend W. G. Royse's licence as Chaplain of the new House of Correction at Devizes (1818) 

Dates: 1818


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/510/1

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Bonds for due execution of the offices. Governor and Deputy Governor of the House of Correction, Devizes (1822, 1824-1825, 1850)

Dates: 1787-1850


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/514/3

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Rate of Officers' salaries at Devizes, Marlborough and Fisherton Anger.

Dates: 1843-1850


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: D/1/8/1/1

Collection: Records of the Diocese of Salisbury

Description: Licences for stipendiary curates (copies) (1813). Curate - Royse, William George, House of Correction, Devizes.

Dates: 1813


Prisoners

Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/517/5

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Minister's register, giving prisoners' denominations

Dates: 1873-1878


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/517/9

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Register of prisoners

Dates: 1879-1881


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/507/3

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Returns to the Secretary of State on the numbers of prisoners at Devizes and Fisherton Anger. Notices appropriating the Prisons to a particular class of prisoner, lists of prisoners, reports of the Gaol Committee, and related correspondence.

Dates: 1869-1877


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: A1/517/1

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Devizes prisoners' property book, giving names and details of clothing and money owned

Dates: 1865-1878


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/507/2

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Return of prisoners at Devizes, giving name, age, committal date, offence, sentence and behaviour

Dates: 1822


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A2/701/1

Collection: Devizes Quarter Sessions

Description: Account book for maintenance of prisoners after sentence with details of conviction, and for costs of prosecutions

Dates: 1841-1876


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A2/701/2

Collection: Devizes Quarter Sessions

Description: Account book for maintenance of prisoners after sentence, with details of conviction, and for costs of prosecutions

Dates: 1879-1889


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/506

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Gaol Committee correspondence, largely between members of the Committee and Architects concerning designs and plans for the alterations to the Devizes and Fisherton Gaols

Dates: 1817-1826


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/508/2

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Draft bargain and sales of a close of land in Devizes. Acquired for the erection of a House of Correction. Parties - Anstie, Earl of Radnor, Phipps and Swayne.

Dates: 1808-1838


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/509/10

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Contract and plans for erecting the treadmill at Devizes

Dates: 1823-1826


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/509/11

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Messrs Brotherhood, Burt, Mullings and Haden for work on the galleries, gas mains and fittings, heating and ventilation at Devizes Prison

Dates: 1868


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/509/12

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Account book of R. Ingleham, Architect, for building work at Devizes Bridewell

Dates: 1810-1815


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/509/13

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: R. Ingleham, Architect - explanation of plans for the Devizes House of Correction

Dates: 1808


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/509/4

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Plans for a Bridewell and House of Correction at Devizes, with explanatory notes.

Dates: 1808


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/509/5

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Plans for the new Prison at Devizes by J. M. Peniston, Asstistant County Surveyor.

Dates: 1841


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/509/6

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Plans for the House of Correction at Devizes.

Dates: c.1800-c.1825


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/509/7

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Plans to enlarge the prison at Devizes by H. Weaver, County Surveyor.

Dates: 1867


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/513/6

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: 5 copies of the Wiltshire County Mirror, containing reports of the alteration and enlargement of the Devizes Prison, and the meeting of the Salisbury Town Council to discuss the closure of the Gaol at Fisherton Anger

Dates: 1867-1875


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/587/1, 5, 11, 13-14

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: County Surveyors' reports, Devizes Prison

Dates: 1830-1875


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/587/12

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Fire insurance for buildings, including Old Bridewell, now Devizes Police Station, Prisons in Devizes and Fisherton in Salisbury, Old Bridewell in Marlborough

Dates: 1870


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: G20/154/3

Collection: Devizes Borough Council

Description: Agreements. Acquisition of lamp at entrance to Devizes Prison.

Dates: 1892


Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: A1/509/9

Collection: Wiltshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Devizes Bridewell. Papers on alterations, including: estimates for a new cornmill, J. Penn of Greenwich (1824), estimate of alterations (1838), correspondence between the Clerk of the Peace and the Secretary of State concerning plans, estimates and specifications for work at Devizes and their approval by the Secretary of State (1867-1868).

Dates: 1775-1868


Other

Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Catalogue ref: 451/589

Collection: Salisbury Diocesan Registry

Description: Supplement to the Salisbury and Winchester Journal, and cuttings, relating to the Quarter Sessions and County Gaols

Dates: 1866-1867