Alternative Names Kingston Bridewell
Prison Type Local Prison - House of Correction/Bridewell
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1761
Date closed 1852
Location Heathen Street (now Eden Street) Kingston Upon Thames
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Surrey
Alternative Names Kingston Bridewell
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1761
Date closed 1852
Location Heathen Street (now Eden Street) Kingston Upon Thames
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 51.4091731 Long. -0.3039769
County Surrey
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 173
Daily Greatest number - 64
Year 1824
Annual Committed - 115
Daily Census - 115
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 185
Daily Census - 185
Year 1833
Annual Committed - 269
Daily Census - 20
Year 1838
Annual Confined - 317
Daily Census - 20
Year 1843
Annual Confined - 683
Daily Census - 33
Year 1848
Annual Confined - 1098
Daily Daily average - 47
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: 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: QS5/7/7
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Bundle of insurance policies for County premises, including Kingston Gaol
Dates: 1842