Kirkdale County Gaol and House of Correction

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Overview

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

Prison Info

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

Prisoner Statistics

 

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

Principal Primary Sources

  • The Third Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1821), Appendix, p.37; Fifth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1823), Appendix, p.46; Sixth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1824), Appendix, p.61; Seventh Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1827), Appendix, p.74; Eighth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1832), Appendix, p.22
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1824, XIX.359), p.142; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.136; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.138; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.130; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.140; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.131; Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.125; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830-31, XII.1), p.121; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1831-32. XXXIII.197), p.123; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.1), p.130; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1834, XLVI.1), p.120; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1835, XLIV.225), p.122; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1836, XLII.1), p.78; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837, XLV.1), p.84; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837-8, XLIII.227), p.86; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXXVIII.17), p.81; Reports Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.1), p.91; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1841, XVIII.1), p.95; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXXII.1), p.96; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1843, XLIII.1), p.98; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXXIX.403), p.94; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXXVII.417), p.116; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXXIV.187), p.105; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847, XLVII.297), p.121; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847-48, LII.465), p.123
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.24
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Second Report (Parl. Papers, 1837, XXXII.499), p.61; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern, Third Report (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XXXI.1), p.121; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXII.1), p.57; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1841 Session 2, V.1), p.95; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1843, XXV. & XXVI.249), p.1; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIV.1), p.60; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Northern District, Thirteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXVI.361), p.19; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain IV. Northern District, Fourteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1849, XXVI.167), p.67; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.291), p.254; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Sixteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.461), p.1; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventeenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852-53, LII.1), p.24; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Nineteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1856, XXXIII.385), p.21; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Twentieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1857, Session 1, VII.313), p.15; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Twenty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1857, Session 2, XXIII.1), p.22; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Twenty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1857-58, XXIX.1), p.16; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1857-58, XXIX.209), p.46; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1859, Session 1, XI.213), p.40; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1860, XXXV.381), p.29; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1863, XXIII.109), p.57; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Twenty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1864, XXVI.89), p.16; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.257), p.25; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.233), p.27; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1867-68, XXXIV.1), p.20; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.1), p.25; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.529), p.29; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1872, XXXI.169), p.15; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1873, XXXII.337), p.26; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1874, XXIX.389), p.39; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1875, XXXVII.417), p.40; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Fortieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1876, XXXV.417), p.40; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1877, XLIII.421), p.40; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1878, XLI.417), p.40
  • Commissioners of Prisons, Second Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1878-79, XXXIV.1, 97), p.34; Commissioners of Prisons, Third Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1880, XXXV.1,73), p.44; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1881, LI.441, 521), p.46; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1882, XXXIII.443, 541), p.52; Commissioners of Prisons, Sixth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1883, XXXI.445, 579), p.56; Commissioners of Prisons, Seventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884, XLII.461, 551), p.52; Commissioners of Prisons, Eighth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884-85, XXXVII.527, 651), p.52; Commissioners of Prisons, Ninth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1886, XXXV.1, 93), p.46; Commissioners of Prisons, Tenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1887, XLI.203, 335), p.43; Commissioners of Prisons, Eleventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1888, LVIII.1, 209), p.42; Commissioners of Prisons, Twelfth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1889, XLI.1, 181), p.42; Commissioners of Prisons, Thirteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890, XXXVII.1, 183), p.42; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890-91, XLIII.1, 125), p.40; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1892, XLII.1, 147), p.39

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1109486&sort=2&type=&rational=a&class1=11&period=&county=&district=&parish=&place=Wing&recordsperpage=10&source=text&rtype=&rnumber=&p=38&move=n&nor=609&recfc=0

Management

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


Daily Business

Archive name: Lancashire Archives

Catalogue ref: QGR/3/46

Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions

Description: Chaplain's character books

Dates: 1856-1859


Staff

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


Prisoners

Archive name: Lancashire Archives

Catalogue ref: QGR/3/44

Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions

Description: Report on Gaol Extension

Dates: 1852


Land & Buildings

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


Images

Archive name: Lancashire Archives

Catalogue ref: DP 292

Collection: None

Description: Sketchbooks of William Latham, Vol. 2, Kirkdale House of Correction. 

Dates: 21 May 1821