Alternative Names Southampton Town Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol & House of Correction/Bridewell
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1855
Date closed 1878
Location Ascupart Street Southampton
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Hampshire
The prison seems to have closed in 1878, despite plans to keep it which were published in the First Report of the new Prison Commission (1878).
Alternative Names Southampton Town Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened 1855
Date closed 1878
Location Ascupart Street Southampton
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 50.9057723 Long. -1.3963195
County Hampshire
The prison seems to have closed in 1878, despite plans to keep it which were published in the First Report of the new Prison Commission (1878).
Year 1858
Annual Committed - 550
Daily Daily average - 67
Year 1863
Annual Committed - 606
Daily Greatest number - 96
Year 1868
Annual Committed - 601
Daily Daily average - 51
Year 1873
Annual Committed - 633
Daily Daily average - 64
Year 1878
Annual Committed - 249
Daily Daily average - 0
Archive name: Southampton Archives Office
Catalogue ref: SC/TCBox/88/1
Collection: Southampton Corporation
Description: Correspondence about allowances and pensions due from the Corporation as former prison authority, and about closure of Southampton Gaol. Also, prison rules 1878.
Dates: 1878-1880
Archive name: Southampton Archives Office
Catalogue ref: SC/TCBox/7/91
Collection: Southampton Corporation
Description: Letter from Thomas A. Firmin (Clerk to Guardians) to Charles E. Deacon about deputation for new Gaol. Box 7.
Dates: 1850
Archive name: Southampton Archives Office
Catalogue ref: SC/TCBox/7/93
Collection: Southampton Corporation
Description: Letter from C. E. Trevelyan, HM Treasury detailing payment for maintenance of prisoners. Box 7.
Dates: 1856
Archive name: Southampton Archives Office
Catalogue ref: SC/TCBox/7/104
Collection: Southampton Corporation
Description: Letter from S. F. O. Liddell, Whitehall to Mayor about pensions for prison officers (printed). Box 7.
Dates: 1879
Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies
Catalogue ref: 5M62/19 page 979
Collection: Winchester Probate District Registers
Description: Registered copy will of John Brewer of Southampton, Governor of the gaol, late of Freemantle Road, Gentleman
Dates: 1881
Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies
Catalogue ref: 70A09/4/87/2
Collection: Derek Dine photographs
Description: Southampton - old prison (black and white photograph)
Dates: c.1880-1881