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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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