Alternative Names Preston House of Correction, Preston County Gaol, Preston Prison, HMP Preston
Prison Type Local Prison - House of Correction/Bridewell
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1789
Date closed post 1900 (still open)
Location near Church Gate Bar, east end Church Street (now Ribbleton Lane) Preston
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Lancashire
Alternative Names Preston House of Correction, Preston County Gaol, Preston Prison, HMP Preston
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1789
Date closed post 1900 (still open)
Location near Church Gate Bar, east end Church Street (now Ribbleton Lane) Preston
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 53.7618 Long. -2.6887
County Lancashire
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 936
Daily Greatest number - 272
Year 1823
Annual Committed - 695
Daily Census - 130
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 726
Daily Census - 175
Year 1833
Annual Committed - 1124
Daily Census - 248
Year 1838
Annual Confined - 1432
Daily Census - 197
Year 1843
Annual Confined - 2255
Daily Census - 196
Year 1848
Annual Confined - 2258
Daily Daily average - 278
Year 1853
Annual Confined - 2404
Daily Daily average - 304
Year 1858
Annual Committed - 2597
Daily Daily average - 332
Year 1863
Annual Committed - 2657
Daily Greatest number - 437
Year 1868
Annual Committed - 2968
Daily Daily average - 345
Year 1873
Annual Committed - 3257
Daily Daily average - 377
Year 1878
Annual Committed - 4168
Daily Daily average - 422
Year 1883
Annual Committed - 4384
Daily Daily average - 418
Year 1888
Annual Committed - 6194
Daily Daily average - 409
Year 1893
Annual Committed - 5343
Daily -
Year 1898
Annual Committed - 5346
Daily -
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QGR/2/6, 10, 13, 17, 20, 29, 31-34, 36-42
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Chaplain's reports
Dates: 1825-1858
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/035/02/027
Collection: Newgate Prison
Description: Chaplain's report, Preston House of Correction
Dates: 1846
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: COL/CC/PCC/02/003
Collection: None
Description: Numbered papers,including printed pamphlets, Chaplain's report of the Pheston (Preston?) House of Correction (1846)
Dates: 1842-1853
Archive name: Manchester Archives & Local Studies
Catalogue ref: GB127.BR MS f310.6 M5/Volume 3 and 4
Collection: None
Description: Chaplain's reports on the Preston House of Correction
Dates: 1837-1838
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QGR/2/2, 8, 12
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Governor's or Keeper's returns
Dates: 1823-1826
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QGR/2/1, 3, 7, 11, 14, 15, 18, 21, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: General Reports
Dates: 1823-1840
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QGR/2/16, 19, 22, 25, 27
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Returns
Dates: 1828-1838
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QGR/2/35
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Report of prison discipline and accommodation
Dates: 1852
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QGV/2/1
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Letter: Thomas Rawson, Liverpool to Edward Gorst, esq., with copy of a letter from Major J.Jebb, Hyde Park, concerning a meeting of magistrates at Newton and afterwards inspecting the County Prisons. 13 May 1843
Dates: 1843
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QGV/2/10
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Minute book of Preston prison charity trustees
Dates: 1890-1946
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QGV/2/8
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Letter from the Secretary of State to the Visiting Justices, requiring a more specific report from the Surgeon on the health of juvenile prisoners to the Inspector of Prisons
Dates: 1847
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QSP
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Series includes a vast amount of material on the administration of the county prisons, including: accounts and other financial records, Visiting Justices' reports; governors', surgeons', chaplains' and schoolmasters' reports; returns of prisoners; and staff appointments, salaries and dismissals. The catalogue contains detailed summaries at item level.
Dates: 1648-1908
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QGR/2/5, 9
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Reports of Visiting Justices
Dates: 1824-1825
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QGV/2/6
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Accounts
Dates: 1827-1830
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QGV/2/7
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Letter from the Rev. John Clay, Chaplain of the House of Correction, to S. R. Goodman and J. T. Barham, esqs., sending copies of prison reports for 1844 and 1845 concerning juvenile offenders
Dates: 1846
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QGR/2/4
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Return of officers
Dates: 1824
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: JAPR/1/1-32
Collection: HM Prison Preston
Description: Nominal registers - male
Dates: 1878-1931
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: JAPR/2/1-4
Collection: HM Prison Preston
Description: Nominal registers - female
Dates: 1878-1925
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QGP/1
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Register of male and female prisoners
Dates: 1883
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: HO23/11
Collection: Home Office
Description: Registers of Prisoners from national prisons lodged in County Prisons, Preston
Dates: 1848-1855
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: DDX 505/7a
Collection: None
Description: Miscellaneous Correspondence. Includes Simon Brown (in gaol) at Preston to George Tailor his father, Burnley
Dates: 1840
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: MBNE 60/88
Collection: Nelson Municipal Borough
Description: Specifications for work on the extension of the municipal buildings, new Police Court, Gaol and other offices
Dates: 1891
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QGB/2/1-27
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Mostly leases and conveyancing, of land and buildings related to the prison, but also documents relating to alterations in the 1840s (notice to builders, specifications, materials)
Dates: 1813-1847
Archive name: Lancashire Archives
Catalogue ref: QGV/2/9
Collection: Lancashire Quarter Sessions
Description: Photograph of tread mill (c 1900-1910, according to Mr. Winter, but was not than in use - demonstration organised for photograph.)Â
Dates: c.1900-c.1910