Manchester City Gaol and House of Correction

Overview

Details

Records

Overview

Alternative Names   Belle Vue Prison, Mancester City Gaol, Manchester Prison

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1849

Date closed   1887

Location   Hyde Road, West Gorton   Manchester

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Lancashire

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Belle Vue Prison, Mancester City Gaol, Manchester Prison

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1849

Date closed   1887

Location   Hyde Road, West Gorton   Manchester

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   53.4663863  Long.   -2.1981352

County   Lancashire

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   2808

Daily Daily average   -   423

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   3664

Daily Daily average   -   581

 

Year 1863

Annual Committed   -   4704

Daily Greatest number   -   615

 

Year 1868

Annual Committed   -   8212

Daily Daily average   -   650

 

Year 1873

Annual Committed   -   8703

Daily Daily average   -   723

 

Year 1878

Annual Committed   -   9164

Daily Daily average   -   782

 

Year 1883

Annual Committed   -   9900

Daily Daily average   -   719

Principal Primary Sources

  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Sixteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.461), p.29; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Seventeenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852-53, LII.1), p.38; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Eighteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1856, XXXIII.1), p.22; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Twentieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1857, Session 1, VII.313), p.25; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern and Eastern District, Twenty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1857-58, XXIX.1), p.24; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1857-58, XXIX.209), p.53; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1859, Session 1, XI.213), p.44; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1860, XXXV.381), p.34; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1863, XXIII.109), p.62; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Twenty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1864, XXVI.89), p.22; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.257), p.37; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.233), p.38; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1867-68, XXXIV.1), p.27; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.1), p.35; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.529), p.44; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1872, XXXI.169), p.26; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1873, XXXII.337), p.44; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1874, XXIX.389), p.60; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1875, XXXVII.417), p.61; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Fortieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1876, XXXV.417), p.61; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1877, XLIII.421), p.61; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1878, XLI.417), p.62
  • Commissioners of Prisons, Second Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1878-79, XXXIV.1, 97), p.48; Commissioners of Prisons, Third Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1880, XXXV.1,73), p.60; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1881, LI.441, 521), p.63; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1882, XXXIII.443, 541), p.69; Commissioners of Prisons, Sixth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1883, XXXI.445, 579), p.72; Commissioners of Prisons, Seventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884, XLII.461, 551), p.70; Commissioners of Prisons, Eighth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884-85, XXXVII.527, 651), p.70; Commissioners of Prisons, Ninth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1886, XXXV.1, 93), p.65; Commissioners of Prisons, Tenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1887, XLI.203, 335), p.61; Commissioners of Prisons, Eleventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1888, LVIII.1, 209), p.60

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/448/archives_and_local_history/3808/court_prison_and_police_records/8

Management

Archive name: Manchester Archives & Local Studies

Catalogue ref: GB127.M9/69/1-2

Collection: None

Description: Committee minutes of the Manchester Borough Gaol (2 volumes). Title changed to City Gaol (16 November 1853). Functions transferred to the Watch Committee (11 November 1868).

Dates: 1850-1877


Daily Business

Archive name: Manchester Archives & Local Studies

Catalogue ref: GB127. M9/69/1/1-2

Collection: None

Description: Letter books of the Manchester Borough Gaol

Dates: 1850-1868


Prisoners

Archive name: Manchester Archives & Local Studies

Catalogue ref: GB127.M600/1/1/1-19

Collection: Records of Belle Vue Prison, New Bailey Prison and Strangeways Prison

Description: General Registers (male and female)

Dates: 1850-1879


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Manchester Archives & Local Studies

Catalogue ref: GB127.M231/2/1/1-2

Collection: North West Water Authority

Description: Proceedings of Waterworks and Gaol Construction Committee

Dates: 1848-1851


Images

Archive name: Manchester Archives & Local Studies

Catalogue ref: GB127 (images)

Collection: None

Description: Photographs of the exterior and interior of Belle Vue Gaol, Manchester, in 1870, 1892, and during demolition in 1900

Dates: 1870-1900