Alternative Names Liverpool Borough Gaol, Liverpool Borough Gaol and House of Correction
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1811 [1787]
Date closed 1855
Location Great Howard Street Liverpool
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Lancashire
Although built in 1787, the prison did not accept city prisoners until 1811.
Alternative Names Liverpool Borough Gaol, Liverpool Borough Gaol and House of Correction
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1811 [1787]
Date closed 1855
Location Great Howard Street Liverpool
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 53.4192293 Long. -2.9964689
County Lancashire
Although built in 1787, the prison did not accept city prisoners until 1811.
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 509
Daily Greatest number - 155
Year 1823
Annual Committed - 950
Daily Census - 80
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 1421
Daily Census - 129
Year 1833
Annual Committed - 1518
Daily Census - 133
Year 1838
Annual Confined - 4242
Daily Census - 427
Year 1843
Annual Confined - 7931
Daily Census - 600
Year 1848
Annual Confined - 11243
Daily Daily average - 898
Year 1853
Annual Confined - 9263
Daily Daily average - 714
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: Liverpool Record Office
Catalogue ref: 347 JUS/4/1
Collection: Licensing records of Liverpool City Petty Sessions
Description: Justices Sessions Gaol and House of Correction Minute Books
Dates: 1837-1851
Archive name: Liverpool Record Office
Catalogue ref: 352 MIN/GAO/1
Collection: Minutes of Liverpool Borough and City Council
Description: Minutes of the Gaol and House Correction Committee
Dates: 1837-1851
Archive name: Liverpool Record Office
Catalogue ref: 352 MIN/GAO/2/1-4
Collection: Minutes of Liverpool Borough and City Council
Description: Minutes of the Gaol Finance Committee
Dates: 1836-1857
Archive name: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre
Catalogue ref: D15/4/1
Collection: None
Description: Papers in a cause concerning an administration with will annexed of Charles Duke, governor of Liverpool gaol
Dates: 1852
Archive name: West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds
Catalogue ref: WYL383/61/12
Collection: None
Description: John Blackburn's Medical Testimonials and Application for Surgeon of Liverpool Gaol
Dates: 1838