Liverpool County House of Correction

Overview

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Overview

Alternative Names   Liverpool House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1776

Date closed   1819

Location   an eminence adjoining the workhouse   Liverpool

Map location   in the vicinity

County   Lancashire

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Liverpool House of Correction

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1776

Date closed   1819

Location   an eminence adjoining the workhouse   Liverpool

Map location   in the vicinity
Lat.   53.402676  Long.   -2.9941653

County   Lancashire

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   1877

Daily Greatest number   -   468

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.359
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.26

Management

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