Description: Great rolls, including reports of county Officers, Surveyor, Governor of the County Gaol, Treasurer (from the early-to-mid 19th century)

Description: Gaol Committee minutes. Committee appointed to examine the state and condition of the County Gaols and Houses of Correction. Questions asked of the Gaolers at Devizes, Marlborough and Fisherton Anger as to the Prison buildings and the food, clothing, linen allowances, health and hygiene of the prisoners. All were reported as 'insufficient, incomplete and insecure', and the construction of a new Bridewell at Devizes and extensive alterations at Marlborough and Fisherton Anger were recommended.

Description: Microfiche of Salisbury Gaol minute book 

Description: Printed copy Act and Bill 'for the removal and rebuilding of the council chamber, guildhall and gaol of the city of New Sarum, and for ascertaining the tolls of the market, and regulating the chairmen within the said city' (1785). Printed copy act to repeal the part of the above Act referring to the building of a City Gaol, and to authorise the use of the County Gaol (1800). Also, four related Quarter Sessions orders.

Description: Printed papers concerning Gaol administration and plans of gaols in other counties. Also report from the Committee of Aldermen appointed to visit several gaols, including Fisherton (1816).

Description: Letters patent, precepts and deeds concerning the succession to the shrievalty (1801, 1826-1827, 1829-1830), relating to (among other things) assignment of prisoners in the County Gaol

Description: Vouchers, bills and letters concerning Clerk's salary, prisoners' expenses in Gaol, Surgeons and Gaolers' accounts.

Description: Tabular statement showing the amount raised annually from the parish by the poor rate (1800-1817), and the respective amounts expended annually including by County Gaols

Description: Includes amounts expended on repairing County Gaols (1800-1817)

Description: Accounts for Fisherton Anger (1817-1818), note of expenses incurred in building new Gaol at Fisherton Anger (c.1818), and note of clerk's payments (1867). Also, vouchers (1785-1824) with gaps, returns with cost of maintaining prisoners (1857-78).

Description: Bonds for due execution of the offices. Governor of Fisherton Anger (1805)

Description: Appointment of William Dowding of Fisherton Anger, Gentleman, as Gaol Keeper of the Gaol at Fisherton Anger

Description: Includes deeds confirming the appointment of William Dowding as Head Gaoler of Fisherton Anger Prison, and lists of prisoners contained in the assignment of prisoners from each outgoing sheriff to his successor

Description: Includes a letter from J. Hopkins to his wife from Sarum Prison, urging her to take legal action to extricate him and a letter from Mr B. Collins to a London solicitor about his good character and reasons for imprisonment.

Description: Returns of prisoners awaiting trial, with details of crimes and sentences

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