Alternative Names Lincoln Castle Common Gaol for the Three Divisions, Lincoln County Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol
Jurisdiction County
Date opened [1789]
Date closed 1878
Location Lincoln Castle, south side of the Castle yard Lincoln
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Lincolnshire
Although the Castle was used as a gaol from early times, the County Gaol was established in 1789.
Alternative Names Lincoln Castle Common Gaol for the Three Divisions, Lincoln County Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction County
Date opened [1789]
Date closed 1878
Location Lincoln Castle, south side of the Castle yard Lincoln
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 53.2347131 Long. -0.5418003
County Lincolnshire
Although the Castle was used as a gaol from early times, the County Gaol was established in 1789.
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 150
Daily Greatest number - 82
Year 1823
Annual Committed - 161
Daily Census - 54
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 208
Daily Census - 46
Year 1833
Annual Committed - 208
Daily Census - 36
Year 1838
Annual Confined - 161
Daily Census - 25
Year 1843
Annual Confined - 237
Daily Census - 35
Year 1848
Annual Confined - 129
Daily Daily average - 17
Year 1853
Annual Confined - 192
Daily Daily average - 23
Year 1858
Annual Committed - 319
Daily Daily average - 31
Year 1863
Annual Committed - 265
Daily Greatest number - 49
Year 1868
Annual Committed - 235
Daily Daily average - 22
Year 1873
Annual Committed - 133
Daily Daily average - 13
Year 1878
Annual Committed - 3
Daily Daily average - 0
Archive name: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies
Catalogue ref: Q/AG/9/3
Collection: Buckinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Correspondence on provision of a carriage for transport of convicts (with drawing), including letter from Keeper of Lincoln Castle with details of the carriage used in LincolnshireÂ
Dates: 1820
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/4/1/1-33
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Clerks' papers. Include matters such as returns of prisoners, inventories, Gaolers' and officials' reports, applications for posts, reports on the Gaol.
Dates: 1824-1883
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/13
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Miscellaneous records and printed items, including schedule of Acts and records of Gaol Sessions (1787-1845), index to letter / minute book of Gaol Sessions (c.1835), report re escape of Joseph Ralph from the County Gaol (1854)
Dates: 1787-1854
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/14/8
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Reports concerning habitual criminals held at the County Prison
Dates: 1875-1878
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/2/4-8
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Minutes of the Gaol Sessions
Dates: 1842-1889
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/3/1-6
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Magistrates' orders, including reports relating to the governance of the Gaol
Dates: 1817-1880
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/4/2/2-3
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Gaol Sessions letter books
Dates: 1833-1845
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/4/3/1-12
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Papers relating to the closure of the County Gaol under the Prison Act (1877). Some plans and drawings (c.1813), accounts.Â
Dates: 1824-1883
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/5/3/1-5
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Prisoner statistics, including totals of prisoners in custody
Dates: 1826-1878
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/5/7
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Records relating to supplies and provisions, including Officials' wagesÂ
Dates: 1864-1877
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/7
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Reports ordered to be printed by the House of Commons on the regulation of prisons and the condition of prison buildings (including some plans)Â
Dates: 1812, 1824-1835, 1863
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: JARVIS VI/A/1/93
Collection: None
Description: Letter about arrangements for taking prisoners into the CastleÂ
Dates: 1855
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: MON 7/37/4
Collection: None
Description: Letter relating to abuses in Lincoln Gaol
Dates: 1811
Archive name: North East Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: 524/D/1/2
Collection: None
Description: Assignment of Gaol (Lincoln). Nevile King to Sir Robert Sheffield.
Dates: 1817
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/4/4
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Accounts
Dates: 1841-1883
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/5/9
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Accounts (vouchers not listed in detail)
Dates: 19th century
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/5/1/20-29
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Chaplains' journals
Dates: 1823-1878
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/5/1/1-8
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Gaoler's, Keeper's, Governor's journals
Dates: 1834-1872
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/5/1/9-10
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Matrons' journals
Dates: 1848-1878
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/5/1/11-19
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Surgeons' journals
Dates: 1823-1878
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/5/5
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Gate Porters' books
Dates: 1855-1882
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: KQS/F/Clerks' Papers/6(1829)/5
Collection: Kesteven Quarter Sessions
Description: Mentions appointment of Matron for Lincoln gaol
Dates: 1829
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: JARVIS VI/A/1/98
Collection: None
Description: Letter of recommendation for a candidate for Surgeon of the Lincoln GaolÂ
Dates: 1855
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/5/8/1-6
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Applications for situations at Lincoln Castle, with testimonialsÂ
Dates: 1827-1854
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/14/4
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Register of convicts
Dates: 1838-1874
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: PCOM2/308
Collection: Prison Commission
Description: Register of prisoners
Dates: 1808-1842
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: PCOM2/309
Collection: Prison Commission
Description: Register of debtors
Dates: 1810-1822
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: PCOM2/310
Collection: Prison Commission
Description: Register of felons
Dates: 1820-1846
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/14/1
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: List of felons and other offenders, Lincoln County Gaol
Dates: 1791-1878
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/14/2
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: List of debtors who have been received into the Gaol of the County of Lincoln since 1 January 1791
Dates: 1809
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: WG/5/2/1-2
Collection: None
Description: Shrievalty papers, including list of prisoners of the Gaol in the Castle of Lincoln
Dates: 1813, 1819
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: 3-LINCOLN PRISON/1
Collection: Lincoln Castle Prison and Lincoln Prison
Description: Copy of Capital Punishment Amendment Act 1868 with notes on executions at Lincoln Castle and Lincoln Prison between 1868 and 1891
Dates: 1868-1891
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: BROG/3/1
Collection: Clerk of the Peace, Miscellaneous records
Description: Convict returns for Lincoln Castle (County Gaol), containing detailed personal information. They relate to prisoners who were transferred to the Gaol at Lincoln Castle after their conviction at Quarter Sessions courts elsewhere in the county.Â
Dates: 1855-1872
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/14/9
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Particulars of prisoners. Each form has a photograph of the prisoner on the back.Â
Dates: 1877-1878
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/5/4/1
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Record of weights of named prisoners on entry and monthly during confinement
Dates: 1865-1878
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: LQS/A/1
Collection: Lindsey Quarter Sessions
Description: Session rolls, including various returns of prisoners in Lincoln GaolÂ
Dates: 1809, 1813, 1815, 1817, 1819, 1820, 1824
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/1
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Title deeds for Lincoln Castle and adjacent propertiesÂ
Dates: 1657-1975
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/13
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Miscellaneous plans
Dates: 1830s
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/14/3
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Plan of Lincoln Castle, showing the location of the principal buildings on the site, and plans of the attic floor, chamber floor and ground floor of the County Gaol
Dates: 1827
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/3/3
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Various orders for the improvement of the sanitary state of the Prison
Dates: 1849-1860
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/3/5
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Copies of orders relating to structural repairs and alterations
Dates: 1823-1833
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/5/6
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Records relating to the building, including contents and maintenance
Dates: 1825-1877
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/6/1-24
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Plans, specifications and building accounts for the County Gaol, Lincoln Castle
Dates: 1824-1848
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: CoC/7/1
Collection: Lincolnshire County Committee (Gaol Sessions)
Description: Site and ground plans of Lincoln Castle by W. Upton
Dates: 1812
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: LQS/B/5
Collection: Lindsey Quarter Sessions
Description: Estimate of expenses of re-building and specifications
Dates: 1845
Archive name: Lincolnshire Archives
Catalogue ref: PADLEY/2/85
Collection: None
Description: Proposed plan of Lincoln Prison
Dates: 1846