Holloway City Prison

Overview

Details

Records

Overview

Alternative Names   Holloway City Gaol and Debtors, Holloway Prison, HMP Holloway

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1852

Date closed   post 1900 (still open)

Location   Camden Road Holloway   London, Holloway

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Middlesex

Critical Remarks

Originally the House of Correction for the City of London

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Holloway City Gaol and Debtors, Holloway Prison, HMP Holloway

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1852

Date closed   post 1900 (still open)

Location   Camden Road Holloway   London, Holloway

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.554008  Long.   -0.125308

County   Middlesex

Image Attribution   'Bird's-eye view of ... Holloway' in Mayhew and Binny, Criminal Prisons of London (1862), facing p. 416

Critical Remarks

Originally the House of Correction for the City of London

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   1340

Daily Daily average   -   200

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   1763

Daily Daily average   -   357

 

Year 1863

Annual Committed   -   1724

Daily Greatest number   -   440

 

Year 1868

Annual Committed   -   1979

Daily Daily average   -   348

 

Year 1873

Annual Committed   -   2302

Daily Daily average   -   293

 

Year 1878

Annual Committed   -   2334

Daily Daily average   -   305

 

Year 1883

Annual Committed   -   7745

Daily Daily average   -   664

 

Year 1888

Annual Committed   -   14090

Daily Daily average   -   747

 

Year 1893

Annual Committed   -   21828

Daily   -  

 

Year 1898

Annual Committed   -   26951

Daily   -  

Principal Primary Sources

  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1857-58, XXIX.69), p.79; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1860, XXXV.153), p.41; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1862, XXV.5), p.54; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1864, XXVI.1), p.52; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.1), p.149; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.1), p.133; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1867-68, XXXIV.203), p.179; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1868-69, XXIX.1), p.124; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1870, XXXVII.1), p.136; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.241), p.171; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1872, XXXI.1), p.102; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1873, XXXII.1), p.202; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1874, XXIX.1), p.224; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1875, XXXVII.1), p.243; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Fortieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1876, XXXV.1), p.243; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Forty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1877, XLIII.1), p.247; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Forty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1878, XLI.1), p.249
  • Commissioners of Prisons, Second Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1878-79, XXXIV.1, 97), p.28; Commissioners of Prisons, Third Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1880, XXXV.1,73), p.36; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1881, LI.441, 521), p.38; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1882, XXXIII.443, 541), p.42; Commissioners of Prisons, Sixth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1883, XXXI.445, 579), p.47; Commissioners of Prisons, Seventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884, XLII.461, 551), p.44; Commissioners of Prisons, Eighth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884-85, XXXVII.527, 651), p.43; Commissioners of Prisons, Ninth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1886, XXXV.1, 93), p.39; Commissioners of Prisons, Tenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1887, XLI.203, 335), p.36; Commissioners of Prisons, Eleventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1888, LVIII.1, 209), p.36; Commissioners of Prisons, Twelfth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1889, XLI.1, 181), p.36; Commissioners of Prisons, Thirteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890, XXXVII.1, 183), p.36; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890-91, XLIII.1, 125), p.35; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1892, XLII.1, 147), p.33; Commissioners of Prisons, Sixteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1893-94, XLVII.1, 121), p.34; Commissioners of Prisons, Seventeenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1894, XLIV.1, 183), p.34; Commissioners of Prisons, Eighteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1895, LVI.727, 865), p.34
  • Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1895-96 (Parl. Papers, 1896, XLIV.235), p.89; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1896-97 (Parl. Papers, 1897, XL.105), p.229; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1897-98 (Parl. Papers, 1898, XLVII.23), p.253; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1898-99 (Parl. Papers, 1899, XLIII.65), p.250; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1899-1900 (Parl. Papers, 1900, XLI.1), p.288

Additional Primary Sources

  • Edward Walford, 'The northern suburbs: Holloway', in Old and New London: Volume 5 (London, 1878), pp. 373-388. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol5/pp373-388; Henry Mayhew and John Binny, The Criminal Prisons of London and Scenes of Prison Life (London, 1862), pp. 533-587

Secondary Sources

  • https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/london-metropolitan-archives/visitor-information/Documents/59-prison-records.pdf

Management

Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: CLA/032/01

Collection: Prisons and Compters

Description: These records include accounts and financial papers, statutes and bills relating to gaols and prisons, Acts of the Court of Common Council and the Court of Aldermen, various Committee minutes and papers, including reports of the Gaol Committee, contracts, petitions, regulations, papers relating to the health of the prisoners, reports of the Commissioners of Prisons, and papers relating to prison charities. Prisons mentioned include Holloway

Dates: 1487-1878


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: CLA/034/01/026

Collection: Whitecross Street Prison

Description: Order, Secretary of State, that the prisoners confined in Whitecross Street Prison shall be transferred to the Prison at Holloway. Names of the Prisoners in the margin.

Dates: 1870


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: COL/CA/GAC

Collection: Court of Alderman: Gaol Committee

Description: Responsible for the administration of London prisons. Minutes, papers and reports contain material relevant to the administration of the Hollway

Dates: 1794-1878


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: COL/CC/PCC

Collection: Court of Common Council: Prisons Committee

Description: Minutes and papers on the establishment and construction of the new prison at Holloway

Dates: 1842-1853


Archive name: Surrey History Centre

Catalogue ref: QS5/15/27

Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions

Description: Letters and circulars, chiefly from Secretary of State and Treasury, including re custody of females awaiting trial at Central Criminal Court in Holloway House of Correction during alterations to Newgate Prison.

Dates: 1860


Finance

Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: COL/CC/FNG

Collection: Court of Common Council: Gaol Expenses and Finance Committee

Description: Responsible for the financial administration of those prisons owned by the Corporation. Minutes and committee papers contain evidence relating to Hollway

Dates: 1816-1834


Daily Business

Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: CLA/003/AD/05/003

Collection: HM Prison Holloway

Description: Holloway prison, printed book of Communion and other services

Dates: 1869


Staff

Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

Catalogue ref: 3040/12

Collection: None

Description: Register of Plymouth Prison Officers. Refers to their employment at various prisons, including Holloway

Dates: Late 19th century-c.1926


Prisoners

Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: CLA/003/MC/01/001

Collection: HM Prison Holloway

Description: Holloway Prison register of prisoners for trial

Dates: 1876-1877


Archive name: Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre

Catalogue ref: A63/IV/9/27

Collection: Hampton Court Estate

Description: Bundle of letters received by John Arkwright on various personal matters, including thanks from Mr Cohen writing from City Prison, Holloway

Dates: 1856


Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: P83/GEO/001-004

Collection: None

Description: St George, Tufnell Park. Baptisms solemnised at Holloway Prison.

Dates: 1868-1904


Archive name: London School of Economics, The Women's Library

Catalogue ref: 09/11/2007, 2009, 2017, 2018

Collection: Autograph letter collection

Description: Letters related to William Thomas Stead in Holloway Prison

Dates: 1885


Land & Buildings

Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives

Catalogue ref: COL/SVD/PL/08/0550-0675

Collection: Surveyor's Department: Plans

Description: Plans. Hollway Prison

Dates: 1846-c.1870


Images

Archive name: London School of Economics, The Women's Library

Catalogue ref: 3AMS/G/04/237

Collection: Records of the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene

Description: Greetings card, paper, featuring monochrome sketch images of Holloway Goal, and the head and shoulders of William T. Stead. Inscriptions on front 'A New Year's Greeting from Holloway Gaol'.

Dates: 1886