Oxford City Gaol and House of Correction

Overview

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Overview

Alternative Names   Oxford City Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol & House of Correction/Bridewell

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1789

Date closed   1878

Location   Gloucester Green   Oxford

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Oxfordshire

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Oxford City Gaol

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1789

Date closed   1878

Location   Gloucester Green   Oxford

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.7540664  Long.   -1.2621249

County   Oxfordshire

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   130

Daily Greatest number   -   24

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   301

Daily Census   -   25

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   305

Daily Census   -   42

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   230

Daily Daily average   -   20

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   304

Daily Daily average   -   26

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   195

Daily Daily average   -   19

 

Year 1863

Annual Committed   -   241

Daily Greatest number   -   50

 

Year 1868

Annual Committed   -   291

Daily Daily average   -   31

 

Year 1873

Annual Committed   -   254

Daily Daily average   -   15

 

Year 1878

Annual Committed   -   9

Daily Daily average   -   0

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.467
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.38
  • Fifth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1823), Appendix, p.93; Sixth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1824), Appendix, p.115; Seventh Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1827), Appendix, p.123; Eighth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1832), Appendix, p.37
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, First Report, Appendices: Part 1 (Parl. Papers, 1835, XXIII.1), p.103
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.50
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District. First Report (Parl. Papers, 1836, XXXV.269), p.52; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXII.217), p.200; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.193), p.164; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.391), p.339; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Eleventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXI.565), p.314; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Twelfth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXV.1), p.317; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Home District, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1851, XXVII.1), p.54; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1857-58, XXIX.69), p.95; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1860, XXXV.153), p.51; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1862, XXV.5), p.64; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1864, XXVI.1), p.61; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.1), p.181; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.1), p.163; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1867-68, XXXIV.203), p.219; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1868-69, XXIX.1), p.154; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1870, XXXVII.1), p.166; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.241), p.208; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1872, XXXI.1), p.120; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1873, XXXII.1), p.242; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1874, XXIX.1), p.278; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1875, XXXVII.1), p.300; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Fortieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1876, XXXV.1), p.296; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Forty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1877, XLIII.1), p.299; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Forty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1878, XLI.1), p.298

Additional Primary Sources

  • Robert Gardner, History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Oxford (1852), p. 332

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol4/pp181-259

Management

Archive name: Oxfordshire History Centre

Catalogue ref: OCA/QS/C/A3/090-91, 93, 100

Collection: Oxford City Sessions

Description: Quarter Sessions Rolls. Rolls are likely to contain relevant material

Dates: 1838-1842, 1848


Archive name: Oxfordshire History Centre

Catalogue ref: PS7/A3/1

Collection: Oxford City Police Court

Description: Magistrates' minute book, including Gaol Officers' salaries (1839-1840), furniture in Gaol belonging to city (1839), printed account of Gaol expenses (1852-1858)

Dates: 1839-1840, 1852-1858


Finance

Archive name: Oxfordshire History Centre

Catalogue ref: POL1/2/F4/1

Collection: Oxford City Police Committee

Description: Gaoler's petty cash account book, relating to Oxford City Prison

Dates: 1877-1878


Archive name: Oxfordshire History Centre

Catalogue ref: OCA/QS/C/F1/1-2

Collection: Oxford City Sessions

Description: Oxford City Sessions Gaol accounts

Dates: 1787-1836


Archive name: Oxfordshire History Centre

Catalogue ref: POL1/2/A1/12

Collection: Oxford City Police Committee

Description: Police Committee papers, including set of 18 Gaol accounts

Dates: 1877


Staff

Archive name: Oxfordshire History Centre

Catalogue ref: POL1/2/F5/1

Collection: Oxford City Police Committee

Description: Oxford City Gaol pay sheets, listing the weekly pay of two 'Turnkeys'

Dates: 1875-1877


Prisoners

Archive name: Oxfordshire History Centre

Catalogue ref: PS7/A5/1

Collection: Oxford City Police Court

Description: Marshall's Book, with index giving names of those charged

Dates: 1832-1843


Images

Archive name: Oxfordshire History Centre

Catalogue ref: POX0106560

Collection: None

Description: Photograph of a print of the north-west exterior of Gloucester Green prison

Dates: 1827