Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1449
Date closed 1878
Location gaol adjoins to Shire Hall, High Pavement Nottingham
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Nottinghamshire
A prison on this site from at least 1449, possibly earlier. Before the nineteenth century, most recently rebuilt 1769-72. After the 1877 Prison Act, the Town Gaol and House of Correction (ID 114) was retained as the local gaol for the area, and this gaol closed.
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1449
Date closed 1878
Location gaol adjoins to Shire Hall, High Pavement Nottingham
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 52.9508283 Long. -1.14648
County Nottinghamshire
A prison on this site from at least 1449, possibly earlier. Before the nineteenth century, most recently rebuilt 1769-72. After the 1877 Prison Act, the Town Gaol and House of Correction (ID 114) was retained as the local gaol for the area, and this gaol closed.
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 257
Daily Greatest number - 43
Year 1824
Annual Committed - 134
Daily Census - 11
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 125
Daily Census - 26
Year 1833
Annual Committed - 308
Daily Census - 27
Year 1838
Annual Confined - 485
Daily Census - 28
Year 1843
Annual Confined - 815
Daily Census - 66
Year 1848
Annual Confined - 569
Daily Daily average - 38
Year 1853
Annual Confined - 440
Daily Daily average - 30
Year 1858
Annual Committed - 508
Daily Daily average - 37
Year 1863
Annual Committed - 530
Daily Greatest number - 61
Year 1868
Annual Committed - 490
Daily Daily average - 31
Year 1873
Annual Committed - 484
Daily Daily average - 28
Year 1878
Annual Committed - 15
Daily Daily average - 0
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QACP/5/4/387-8
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Correspondence with Chairman of Committee of Warwickshire JPs concerning committal of prisoners and indemnities to Governor and High Sheriff
Dates: 1838
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QACP/5/3
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Draft circulars, adverts relating to posts, plans and improvements to County Gaol and Southwell House of Correction
Dates: 1807-1842
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QACP/5/4
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Correspondence, reports, minutes and orders relating to Gaol
Dates: 1806-1843
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QACP/5/4/376-378
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Correspondence, including numbers of prisoners and need for provision for juvenile offenders in Gaol
Dates: 1829
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QAG/1/10-88
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Material relating to improvements to County Gaol, including correspondence, memos, minutes about land purchase, financial arrangements, expenses, salaries etc
Dates: 1830-1838
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QAG/2/5-50
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Rules and papers concerning government of prison. Includes matters such as prisoners condemned to death, debtors, officers, dietary, separation and administration. Also applicable to the House of Correction.
Dates: 1801-1872
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QF/CT/12/17-43
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Orders sometimes include material relating to the County Gaol and House of Correction
Dates: 1832-1863
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QF/CT/12/63
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Minutes of Committee for Gaol and Judges lodgings
Dates: 1833
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QAG/2/1-4
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Reports on County Gaol. Reports of Visiting Justices, Governor, Surgeon and Chaplain, Governor's certificates, annual draft report to Secretary of State [jointly with House of Correction]
Dates: 1824-1877
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QACP/5/4/575
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Letter about reports of visiting JPs and Prison Inspectors
Dates: 1837
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QAG/1/3
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Act to authorise loans by Exchequer Bill Commissioners for building etc of gaols
Dates: 1823
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QF/CT/18/7
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Correspondence relating to the raising of a loan to meet the cost of enlarging the County Gaol and other works
Dates: 1832-1838
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QF/CT/19/11-12
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Accounts for repairs and alterations to County Gaol
Dates: 1833
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QAG/2/50
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Chaplain's department, prisoners' character book
Dates: 1869-1878, 1893
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QAG/2/49
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Letter book of Gaol (1850-1854). Also includes account for washing for Serjeant Harris (1887), list of debtors (1843), payments for cleaning court rooms, accounts for maintenance of Nottingham prisoners in Gaol (1860-1862).
Dates: 1823-1887
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QACP/5/3/36
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Draft advertisement for Chaplain to County Gaol
Dates: 1838
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QAG/2/25
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Copy letter to Archbishop of York, notifying him of appointment of Chaplains to Gaol and House of Correction, according to Act
Dates: 1823
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QAG/2/60-87
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Letters, adverts and applications regarding appointment of Governor
Dates: 1853, 1857
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QACP/5/4/576
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Salary of County Gaoler
Dates: 1840
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QACP/5/3/33-34
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Advertisements for Surgeon to County Gaol
Dates: 1829-1835
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QAG/2/51-59
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Letters, memos and minutes regarding qualifications for surgeon of Gaol
Dates: 1830
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: HO23/10
Collection: Home Office
Description: Registers of Prisoners from national prisons lodged in County Prisons, Nottingham
Dates: 1864-1865
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QASH/1/7
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Sheriffs' lists of prisoners
Dates: 1822
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: M/993 Â
Collection: None
Description: List and account of prisoners, writs, etc transferred by J E Denison, outgoing Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, to Sir Juckes G J Clifton, incoming Sheriff
Dates: 1840
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: DD/1725/1, DD/2596Â
Collection: None
Description: Sentences of felon prisoners confined in his Majesty's Gaol
Dates: 1810, 1821
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: M/662
Collection: None
Description: Assignment of County of Nottingham, gaol and prisoners etc by T Walker, late Sheriff, to John Chaworth, present Sheriff
Dates: 1810
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QF/CT/19/16
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Lists of debts of William Woodward, a convict, probably relating to Nottingham County Gaol
Dates: 1844-1846
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QAB/3/50-58
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Correspondence, including memos about County Gaol enlargement
Dates: 1838
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QACP/5/3/130
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Draft circular to JPs. Meeting to consider plans for County Gaol.
Dates: 1838
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QACP/5/3/132
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Draft circular, to JPs. Southwell Sessions, County Gaol improvements.
Dates: 1838
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: C/QAG/1/XBP/7/S
Collection: Nottinghamshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Plans of High Pavement and Narrow Marsh property for gaol and judges' lodgings
Dates: 1832-1833
Archive name: Nottinghamshire Archives
Catalogue ref: DD/2506/1
Collection: None
Description: Plan of the County Prison, Nottingham
Dates: 1836