Prison Type Local Prison - House of Correction/Bridewell
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1822
Date closed 1852
Location Castle Hill, between Quarry Street and South Hill Guildford
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Surrey
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1822
Date closed 1852
Location Castle Hill, between Quarry Street and South Hill Guildford
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 51.23349 Long. -0.571725
County Surrey
Year 1824
Annual Committed - 192
Daily Census - 54
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 256
Daily Census - 72
Year 1833
Annual Committed - 508
Daily Census - 123
Year 1838
Annual Confined - 622
Daily Census - 106
Year 1843
Annual Confined - 697
Daily Census - 104
Year 1848
Annual Confined - 859
Daily Daily average - 165
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: BR/QS/2
Collection: Borough of Guildford
Description: Records include extracts from minutes concerning the keeping of prisoners at the House of Correction
Dates: 1721-1833
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS2/6
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Quarter Sessions Bundles. Continue up to 1888 and those for the period 1800-1829 are described in great detail in the online catalogue. Material relating to the administration of the county's prisons, including: reports of visiting magistrates; reports of chaplains, surgeons, governors; returns of prisoners, rules and regulations; staff appointments, conditions and dismissals; maintenance and alteration of buildings; prison conditions; prisoner petitions
Dates: 1800-1888
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: 1748/3
Collection: Messrs Smallpeice, Solicitors, Guildford
Description: Cash book relating to the construction of a new County House of Correction at Guildford by the Surrey Quarter Sessions
Dates: 1819-1836
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS2/6/1825/MID/35a-d
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Report list by the SurgeonsĀ of the sick prisoners in Houses of Correction at Guildford, Kingston, and Brixton, and County Gaol
Dates: 1825
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS5/4/5/31
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Correspondence and papers relating to the sale of Guildford, Kingston and Brixton Houses of Correction, 1852, including sale particulars for the Guildford and Brixton sites and schedules of deeds of the Guildford and Kingston sites
Dates: 1852
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS5/4/6/110-152
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Plans of County Gaols and Sessions House, Guildford House of Correction
Dates: 1819-1824
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS5/7/7
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Bundle of insurance policies for County premises, including Guildford House of Correction
Dates: 1822
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS5/4/5/32
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Copy conveyance of 2a 1r 15p of land with house of correction and buildings at Guildford by the trustees and Clerk of the Peace to Charles Frederick Smyrk
Dates: 1852
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: 4348/3/69/4
Collection: None
Description: Watercolour of House of Correction and Gaol at Guildford
Dates: 1822