Alternative Names Knutsford County Gaol, Knutsford Prison, HMP Knutsford
Prison Type Local Prison - House of Correction/Bridewell
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1818
Date closed post 1900 (1915)
Location London road, a little south west from the church Knutsford
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Cheshire
Alternative Names Knutsford County Gaol, Knutsford Prison, HMP Knutsford
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1818
Date closed post 1900 (1915)
Location London road, a little south west from the church Knutsford
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 53.302688 Long. -2.375093
County Cheshire
Year 1823
Annual Committed - 881
Daily Census - 185
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 982
Daily Census - 228
Year 1833
Annual Committed - 1163
Daily Census - 297
Year 1838
Annual Confined - 1493
Daily Census - 265
Year 1843
Annual Confined - 2154
Daily Census - 324
Year 1848
Annual Confined - 2434
Daily Daily average - 295
Year 1853
Annual Confined - 2383
Daily Daily average - 303
Year 1858
Annual Committed - 2197
Daily Daily average - 317
Year 1863
Annual Committed - 2362
Daily Greatest number - 352
Year 1868
Annual Committed - 2717
Daily Daily average - 274
Year 1873
Annual Committed - 2287
Daily Daily average - 262
Year 1878
Annual Committed - 2681
Daily Daily average - 324
Year 1883
Annual Committed - 1737
Daily Daily average - 231
Year 1888
Annual Committed - 1780
Daily Daily average - 293
Year 1893
Annual Committed - 2105
Daily -
Year 1898
Annual Committed - 2000
Daily -
Archive name: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Catalogue ref: CCLe 3/1/56
Collection: Cheshire County Council
Description: Case and opinion re legality of imprisoning debtors in House of Correction at Knutsford
Dates: 1837
Archive name: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Catalogue ref: CCLe 3/2/37
Collection: Cheshire County Council
Description: Case and opinion re procedure for sending prisoners from Birkenhead to House of Correction at Knutsford
Dates: 1854
Archive name: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Catalogue ref: QAB 8/4/1
Collection: Cheshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Licence for performance of divine service in enlarged chapel
Dates: 1846
Archive name: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Catalogue ref: QAB 8/5/1-5
Collection: Cheshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Correspondence and papers on administrative matters (including prison charities and staffing)
Dates: 1876-1915
Archive name: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Catalogue ref: QAB 8/1
Collection: Cheshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Minutes of Visiting Justices.
Dates: 1826-1889
Archive name: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Catalogue ref: QAB 8/2
Collection: Cheshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Agenda book of Visiting Justices
Dates: 1871-1883
Archive name: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Catalogue ref: NPA 4669/4/56
Collection: Chester Court of Sessions
Description: Bills of costs of prosecutors and witnesses. Includes 2 receipts for prisoners handed over to Knutsford House of Correction.
Dates: 1828-1829
Archive name: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Catalogue ref: QAB 8/3/1
Collection: Cheshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Gaol visiting register
Dates: 1820-1915
Archive name: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Catalogue ref: EDP 164/1/2
Collection: Diocese of Chester
Description: Knutsford or Nether Knutsford, St John the Baptist. Includes chaplaincy of Knutsford House of Correction.
Dates: 1820, 1840, 1869
Archive name: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Catalogue ref: QAB 9/6
Collection: Cheshire Quarter Sessions
Description: List of persons in Knutsford Prison awaiting trial
Dates: 1883
Archive name: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Catalogue ref: NPA 4669/4/42
Collection: Chester Court of Sessions
Description: Recognizances. Sureties given by persons required to appear as witnesses. The files for Aug 1828 and Apr 1829 include returns of prisoners sentenced to hard labour, the latter in Knutsford House of Correction.
Dates: 1798-1829
Archive name: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Catalogue ref: QAB 8/5/6
Collection: Cheshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Papers of enquiry into circumstances of the death of John Graham, through imprisonment
Dates: 1898
Archive name: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Catalogue ref: QAB 9/5
Collection: Cheshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Report of the Inspector of Prisons, Northern District, on an inquiry into the mistreatment of Chartist prisoners and related papers concerning the illness of a prisoner, William Wright.
Dates: 1843
Archive name: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Catalogue ref: CCLe 6/108
Collection: Cheshire County Council
Description: Conveyance of pieces of land at Knutsford Court House
Dates: 1883
Archive name: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Catalogue ref: CCLe 6/37
Collection: Cheshire County Council
Description: Deeds and papers relating to Knutsford House of Correction
Dates: 1817-1966
Archive name: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Catalogue ref: QAB 10/1-6
Collection: Cheshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Gaol and Sessions House at Knutsford, plans.
Dates: 1840, 1877
Archive name: Cheshire Image Bank
Catalogue ref: c04151
Collection: None
Description: Photograph of Knutsford Court House and Prison, Toft Road. Viewed from the tower of the parish church.
Dates: 1890-1899