Alternative Names Newcastle Upon Tyne Borough Gaol and House of Correction, Newcastle Upon Tyne Borough Gaol, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Prison, HMP Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol & House of Correction/Bridewell
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1828
Date closed post 1900 (1925)
Location Carliol Square Newcastle Upon Tyne
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Northumberland
Alternative Names Newcastle Upon Tyne Borough Gaol and House of Correction, Newcastle Upon Tyne Borough Gaol, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Prison, HMP Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1828
Date closed post 1900 (1925)
Location Carliol Square Newcastle Upon Tyne
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 54.9728638 Long. -1.6108528
County Northumberland
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 150
Daily Census - 39
Year 1833
Annual Committed - 386
Daily Census - 37
Year 1838
Annual Confined - 1243
Daily Census - 113
Year 1843
Annual Confined - 1521
Daily Census - 163
Year 1848
Annual Confined - 1138
Daily Daily average - 108
Year 1853
Annual Confined - 1292
Daily Daily average - 142
Year 1858
Annual Committed - 1908
Daily Daily average - 164
Year 1863
Annual Committed - 1364
Daily Greatest number - 196
Year 1868
Annual Committed - 1899
Daily Daily average - 229
Year 1873
Annual Committed - 1914
Daily Daily average - 192
Year 1878
Annual Committed - 3848
Daily Daily average - 264
Year 1883
Annual Committed - 4763
Daily Daily average - 276
Year 1888
Annual Committed - 4318
Daily Daily average - 236
Year 1893
Annual Committed - 5889
Daily -
Year 1898
Annual Committed - 5469
Daily -
Archive name: Carlisle Archive Centre
Catalogue ref: DHN/N/51/10/q
Collection: Howard Family of Naworth
Description: Act to build a Gaol for Northumberland, printed copy
Dates: 1821
Archive name: Tyne and Wear Archives
Catalogue ref: DF.JB/1/1, 17, 19
Collection: John Brown, clerk to Newcastle Magistrates
Description: Communications from the Home Secretary to the Mayor of Newcastle regarding Gaol matters
Dates: 1839-1840
Archive name: Tyne and Wear Archives
Catalogue ref: MG.NC/6/1-6
Collection: Newcastle Magistrates Court
Description: Quarterly and Special Sessions minutes and orders, dealing with administration of Prisons and lunatic asylums.
Dates: 1837-1913
Archive name: Tyne and Wear Archives
Catalogue ref: PR.NC/1/1
Collection: Newcastle City Gaol and House of Correction
Description: Minutes of a Magistrates' Committee to find a site for a new Gaol, apply for an Act of Parliament, and build the Gaol and a House of Correction. (Later became the Gaol Committee).
Dates: 1820-1821
Archive name: Tyne and Wear Archives
Catalogue ref: PR.NC/3/1-8
Collection: Newcastle City Gaol and House of Correction
Description: Gaol ledgers
Dates: 1837-1878
Archive name: Tyne and Wear Archives
Catalogue ref: QS.NC/1/8-17
Collection: Newcastle upon Tyne Quarter Sessions
Description: Order books. Highly likely to contain material on the administration of Newcastle's gaols and houses of correction
Dates: 1777-1802, 1818-1902
Archive name: Tyne and Wear Archives
Catalogue ref: QS.NC/134-141
Collection: Newcastle upon Tyne Quarter Sessions
Description: Includes certificates of compliance with the regulation of gaols act
Dates: 1828-1829
Archive name: Tyne and Wear Archives
Catalogue ref: QS.NC/337/1
Collection: Newcastle upon Tyne Quarter Sessions
Description: Draft report by the Town Clerk on Prisons under King George IV
Dates: 1857
Archive name: Durham County Record Office
Catalogue ref: P/13/1
Collection: None
Description: Register of Officers, Newcastle
Dates: 1872-1924
Archive name: Carlisle Archive Centre
Catalogue ref: DX 1235/1/105-130
Collection: None
Description: Letters to John and Margaret Parker in Carlisle. Topics include Joseph Little's career as a Prison Officer, Newcastle.
Dates: 1860, 1885
Archive name: Carlisle Archive Centre
Catalogue ref: PROB/1874/W363
Collection: None
Description: Will of George Carr, Warder, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Gaol (copy)
Dates: 1874
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: PCOM2/343
Collection: Prison Commission
Description: Newcastle upon Tyne Gaol: register of prisoners
Dates: 1859-1860
Archive name: Northumberland Archives
Catalogue ref: SANT/BEQ/26/1/10/139
Collection: None
Description: Confession of prisoner in Newcastle Gaol to the murder of his wife, requesting that his body be buried deeply in the Gaol yard
Dates: 1844
Archive name: Tyne and Wear Archives
Catalogue ref: PR.NC/6/1
Collection: Newcastle City Gaol and House of Correction
Description: Particulars of criminals convicted of a crime specified in section 20 of the Prevention of Crimes Act (1871), and reported to the Secretary of State (Home Secretary) as being imprisoned in Newcastle Gaol
Dates: 1873
Archive name: Tyne and Wear Archives
Catalogue ref: D.NCP/16/2
Collection: Newcastle City Council
Description: Plans of the Gaol, including John Dobson's original plans
Dates: 1823-1925
Archive name: Tyne and Wear Archives
Catalogue ref: MD.NC/BC/plan/T186/782
Collection: Newcastle City Council
Description: Building Control plans, Newcastle Gaol
Dates: 1859
Archive name: Northumberland Archives
Catalogue ref: SANT/BEQ/15/1/90/A
Collection: None
Description: Pencil drawing of debtor's cell, new Gaol, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Dates: c.1850
Archive name: Northumberland Archives
Catalogue ref: SANT/BEQ/15/1/90/B
Collection: None
Description: Untitled pencil drawing (new Gaol, County of Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
Dates: c.1851