Alternative Names Kirkdale House of Correction, Kirkdale County Gaol, Kirkdale Prison, Liverpool County House of Correction
Prison Type Local Prison - House of Correction/Bridewell
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1819
Date closed 1892
Location 2 miles from centre of Liverpool, North Dingle Lane Kirkdale
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Lancashire
Alternative Names Kirkdale House of Correction, Kirkdale County Gaol, Kirkdale Prison, Liverpool County House of Correction
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1819
Date closed 1892
Location 2 miles from centre of Liverpool, North Dingle Lane Kirkdale
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 53.437894 Long. -2.985341
County Lancashire
Year 1823
Annual Committed - 1864
Daily Census - 514
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 2691
Daily Census - 601
Year 1833
Annual Committed - 3202
Daily Census - 634
Year 1838
Annual Confined - 2478
Daily Census - 268
Year 1843
Annual Confined - 2419
Daily Census - 453
Year 1848
Annual Confined - 2329
Daily Daily average - 392
Year 1853
Annual Confined - 2493
Daily Daily average - 379
Year 1858
Annual Committed - 2584
Daily Daily average - 449
Year 1863
Annual Committed - 2972
Daily Greatest number - 612
Year 1868
Annual Committed - 3110
Daily Daily average - 379
Year 1873
Annual Committed - 3097
Daily Daily average - 352
Year 1878
Annual Committed - 5130
Daily Daily average - 542
Year 1883
Annual Committed - 18
Daily Daily average - 490
Year 1888
Annual Committed - 97
Daily Daily average - 441
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QGR/3/4, 9, 14, 17, 21, 25, 33, 36, 43, 45
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Chaplain's reports
Dates: 1823-1867
Archive name: Manchester Archives & Local Studies
Catalogue ref: GB127.Tracts/P.461.1
Collection: None
Description: Annual report of Richard Appleton, Chaplain of Kirkdale Gaol
Dates: 1848
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QGR/3/5, 10, 15, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34, 37, 38
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Surgeon's reports
Dates: 1823-1835
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QGR/3/1, 6, 11, 16, 19, 23, 27, 31, 35, 39-42
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: General Reports
Dates: 1823-1840
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QGR/3/2, 7, 12, 28, 32
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Returns
Dates: 1823-1830
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QGV/3/1-7
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Letters concerning the use of Liverpool Borough Gaol for prisoners usually confined at Kirkdale House of Correction because of cholera outbreak
Dates: 1832
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QSP
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Series includes a vast amount of material on the administration of the county prisons, including: accounts and other financial records, Visiting Justices' reports; governors', surgeons', chaplains' and schoolmasters' reports; returns of prisoners; and staff appointments, salaries and dismissals. The catalogue contains detailed summaries at item level.
Dates: 1648-1908
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QGR/3/3, 8, 13, 20, 24, 29
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Reports of Visiting Justices
Dates: 1823-1829
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QGR/3/46
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Chaplain's character books
Dates: 1856-1859
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QGV/3/10
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Volume of circulars, correspondence and interview notes relating to appointment of new hangman at Kirkdale prison
Dates: 1890
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QGR/3/44
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Report on Gaol Extension
Dates: 1852
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: DDK/542/22
Collection: Stanley, Earls of Derby (of Knowsley)
Description: Kirkdale, letter, with plan, re exchange of land for House of Correction
Dates: 1848
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: DDK/543/8
Collection: Stanley, Earls of Derby (of Knowsley)
Description: Copy Conveyance of a piece of land situate on the east side of Westminster Road, south side of Bradewell Street and north-west side of Rockley Street, in Kirkdale, Liverpool, for site of Bridewell.
Dates: 1885
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: PP/3/1
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Six plans of additions to Kirkdale Gaol
Dates: 1847-1848
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QGB/3/1-5
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Deeds and titles of land forming part of the prison site, agreements, and documents relating to alterations made to the prison in the 1840s (specifications, materials etc)
Dates: 1847-1886
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: DP 292
Collection: None
Description: Sketchbooks of William Latham, Vol. 2, Kirkdale House of Correction.Â
Dates: 21 May 1821