Stafford County Gaol and House of Correction

Overview

Details

Records

Overview

Alternative Names   Stafford County Gaol and House of Correction, Stafford County Gaol, Stafford Prison, HMP Stafford

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

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1793

Date closed   post 1900 (1916)

Location   Gaol Road   Stafford

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Staffordshire

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Stafford County Gaol and House of Correction, Stafford County Gaol, Stafford Prison, HMP Stafford

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1793

Date closed   post 1900 (1916)

Location   Gaol Road   Stafford

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   52.8125582  Long.   -2.1180387

County   Staffordshire

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   910

Daily Greatest number   -   297

 

Year 1823

Annual Committed   -   2675

Daily Census   -   197

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   1195

Daily Census   -   239

 

Year 1833

Annual Committed   -   1824

Daily Census   -   360

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   2581

Daily Census   -   418

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   3892

Daily Census   -   448

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   3965

Daily Daily average   -   519

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   4195

Daily Daily average   -   619

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   4579

Daily Daily average   -   676

 

Year 1863

Annual Committed   -   4977

Daily Greatest number   -   736

 

Year 1868

Annual Committed   -   5641

Daily Daily average   -   663

 

Year 1873

Annual Committed   -   4987

Daily Daily average   -   571

 

Year 1878

Annual Committed   -   6186

Daily Daily average   -   717

 

Year 1883

Annual Committed   -   5139

Daily Daily average   -   519

 

Year 1888

Annual Committed   -   5059

Daily Daily average   -   588

 

Year 1893

Annual Committed   -   4884

Daily   -  

 

Year 1898

Annual Committed   -   5365

Daily   -  

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.537
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.42
  • [Second] Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1820), p.67; The Third Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1821), Appendix, p.67; 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.100; 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.124; 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.132; 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.40
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1824, XIX.359), p.202; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.238; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.228; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.207; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.242; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.214; Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.213; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830-31, XII.1), p.209; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1831-32. XXXIII.197), p.210; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.1), p.224; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1834, XLVI.1), p.212; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1835, XLIV.225), p.203; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1836, XLII.1), p.136; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837, XLV.1), p.136; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837-8, XLIII.227), p.140; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1839, XXXVIII.17), p.138; Reports Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.1), p.145; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1841, XVIII.1), p.152; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXXII.1), p.153; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1843, XLIII.1), p.152; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXXIX.403), p.156; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXXVII.417), p.184; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXXIV.187), p.180; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847, XLVII.297), p.195; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847-48, LII.465), p.201
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.54
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Third Report (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XXXI.177), p.113; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1841 Session 2, V.177), p.212; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.391), p.415; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Eleventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXI.565), p.391; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Twelfth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXV.1), p.390; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland and Eastern District, Thirteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXVI.1), p.106; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Seventeenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852, XXIV.1), p.66; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Nineteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1854, XXXIV.1), p.99; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Twenty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1856, XXXIII.485), p.67; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1859, Session 1, XI.1), p.116; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1860, XXXV.1), p.110; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1860, XXXV.229), p.108; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1861, XXIX.45), p.106; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1862, XXV.93), p.103; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Northern District, Twenty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1863, XXIII.109), p.85; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.257), p.90; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.233), p.98; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1867-68, XXXIV.1), p.93; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.1), p.93; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.529), p.139; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1872, XXXI.169), p.70; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1873, XXXII.337), p.136; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1874, XXIX.389), p.169; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Thirty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1875, XXXVII.417), p.174; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Fortieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1876, XXXV.417), p.174; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1877, XLIII.421), p.174; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Northern District, Forty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1878, XLI.417), p.170
  • Commissioners of Prisons, Second Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1878-79, XXXIV.1, 97), p.70; Commissioners of Prisons, Third Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1880, XXXV.1,73), p.92; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1881, LI.441, 521), p.92; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1882, XXXIII.443, 541), p.99; Commissioners of Prisons, Sixth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1883, XXXI.445, 579), p.102; Commissioners of Prisons, Seventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884, XLII.461, 551), p.99; Commissioners of Prisons, Eighth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884-85, XXXVII.527, 651), p.98; Commissioners of Prisons, Ninth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1886, XXXV.1, 93), p.95; Commissioners of Prisons, Tenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1887, XLI.203, 335), p.91; Commissioners of Prisons, Eleventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1888, LVIII.1, 209), p.89; Commissioners of Prisons, Twelfth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1889, XLI.1, 181), p.89; Commissioners of Prisons, Thirteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890, XXXVII.1, 183), p.89; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890-91, XLIII.1, 125), p.82; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1892, XLII.1, 147), p.80; Commissioners of Prisons, Sixteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1893-94, XLVII.1, 121), p.79; Commissioners of Prisons, Seventeenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1894, XLIV.1, 183), p.77; Commissioners of Prisons, Eighteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1895, LVI.727, 865), p.81
  • Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1895-96 (Parl. Papers, 1896, XLIV.235), p.201; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1896-97 (Parl. Papers, 1897, XL.105), p.348; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1897-98 (Parl. Papers, 1898, XLVII.23), p.392; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1898-99 (Parl. Papers, 1899, XLIII.65), p.415; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1899-1900 (Parl. Papers, 1900, XLI.1), p.461

Additional Primary Sources

  • William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire (Sheffield, 1834), pp. 122-4

Secondary Sources

  • A.J. Standley, Stafford Prison, 1793-1916, (1996), Unpublished typescript, William Salt Library, Stafford; http://www.blackcountrysociety.co.uk/articles/staffordgaol.htm

Management

Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: Q/SB 1800-1899

Collection: Staffordshire Quarter Sessions

Description: The Court in Session, Quarter Sessions bundles. Reports and records relating to the management of Staffordshire Gaol and the Houses of Correction (including Wolverhampton). Material includes calendars of prisoners, lists of debtors, and reports of Committees, the Visiting Justices, the Surgeon, the Chaplain, the Governor or Keeper, the County Surveyor and, from 1879, reports of Visiting Committee of HM Prison. Also, returns and certificates, rules, dietaries, expenses, correspondence, orders.

Dates: 1800-1897


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: D/4216/F/19/v, vi

Collection: Twemlow and Royds family

Description: Reports of Chaplain to the County Prison and House of Correction

Dates: 1855, 1856


Archive name: Walsall Local History Centre

Catalogue ref: 277/226/4

Collection: Walsall Town Chest (II)

Description: Letter from Governor of Staffordshire Gaol advising of the number of prisoners sent to Stafford from Walsall

Dates: 1835, 1836, 1837


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: D554/150/6

Collection: Bill family

Description: Abstract of the profit to the County from the employment of male prisoners

Dates: 1841


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: Q/ACg/2

Collection: Staffordshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Papers include minutes, reports, and Committee papers (1856-1874). This item also includes Officers' Salaries Committee (1856-1875).

Dates: 1856-1875


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: Q/SB 1819 A/19

Collection: Staffordshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Circulars requesting information regarding number of prisoners and specific offences, with draft returns for Staffordshire County Gaol and Wolverhampton Prison

Dates: 1818-1819


Archive name: William Salt Library

Catalogue ref: M533

Collection: None

Description: Statements concerning the number of prisoners in the common Gaol and House of Correction

Dates: 1792-1820


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: Q/CM/4/3, 4

Collection: Staffordshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Clerk of the Peace, printed standing orders, County Gaol

Dates: 1847, 1866


Finance

Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: 4255 3 2

Collection: None

Description: Account book, which includes Grocer's accounts for the Head Warder, Stafford Prison

Dates: 1870


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: Q/FAa/5

Collection: Staffordshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Receipts from various sources, including income for prisoners' payments and work

Dates: 1858-1889


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: Q/FAg/5

Collection: Staffordshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Claims on Treasury for prosecutions, maintenance of prisoners etc

Dates: 1857-1880


Archive name: William Salt Library

Catalogue ref: 4821

Collection: None

Description: Stafford County Gaol, Shire Hall, Judge's house, Lunatic Asylum and County Rate Acts

Dates: 1787-1853


Staff

Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: D5112/65

Collection: HM Prison, Stafford

Description: Register of staff

Dates: 1880-1908


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: Q/SB 1821 A/14

Collection: Staffordshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Letters and testimonials regarding post of Chaplain of County Gaol and House of Correction

Dates: 1820


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: Q/SB 1820 M/14

Collection: Staffordshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Letters, including references to candidates for post of Keeper and Chaplain of County Gaol

Dates: 1820


Archive name: William Salt Library

Catalogue ref: Portraits: Brutton/Thomas/1 oversize, WSL

Collection: None

Description: Portrait of Thomas Brutton, Governor of Stafford Gaol for 21 years

Dates: 1842


Archive name: William Salt Library

Catalogue ref: Topog: STAFFORD 116E

Collection: Topographical drawings, postcards etc collection

Description: Governor and Prison Officers in the Courtyard of Stafford Gaol, black and white photograph

Dates: c.1890


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: Q/SB 1820 T/15

Collection: Staffordshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Letter of resignation of Keeper of County Gaol

Dates: 1820


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: D861/P/3/18

Collection: None

Description: Gaol turnover to new Sheriff, appointment of Gaoler, with bond, and bond of Under-Sheriff

Dates: 1827


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: Q/SB T/289

Collection: Staffordshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Order to regulate payment of Gaoler, Taskmaster and Turnkeys 

Dates: 1818


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: Q/SB T/291

Collection: Staffordshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Advertisement for post of Matron at the County Gaol, with relating order

Dates: 1818


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: D5112/66

Collection: HM Prison, Stafford

Description: Record of temporary officers employed at Stafford

Dates: 1897-1904


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: Q/SB 1819 T/12

Collection: Staffordshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Letters, including from former Turnkey requesting consideration for long service

Dates: 1819


Archive name: Surrey History Centre  

Catalogue ref: 3521/Box33

Collection: None

Description: Letter from RH Goodber(?), County Prison, Stafford, seeking information to help in the establishment of a Reformatory School for Boys

Dates: 1856


Prisoners

Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: D(W)1723/1

Collection: Staffordshire County Quarter Sessions

Description: Register for Bridewell

Dates: 1792-1806


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: D(W)1723/2

Collection: Staffordshire County Quarter Sessions

Description: Register of House of Correction and index

Dates: 1806-1815


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: D(W)1723/4-5

Collection: Staffordshire County Quarter Sessions

Description: Register of felons

Dates: 1793-1816


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: D5112/1-16

Collection: HM Prison, Stafford

Description: Nominal register of admission and discharge for male and female prisoners

Dates: 1878-1889


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: D5112/16-29

Collection: HM Prison, Stafford

Description: Nominal register of admission and discharge for male prisoners

Dates: 1888-1901


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: D5112/51

Collection: HM Prison, Stafford

Description: Register of admission and discharge for penal servitude prisoners

Dates: 1896-1903


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: D5112/53-56

Collection: HM Prison, Stafford

Description: Nominal register of admission and discharge for female prisoners

Dates: 1890-1905


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: PCOM2/401

Collection: Prison Commission

Description: Stafford Gaol, Staffordshire: register of prisoners

Dates: 1841-1845


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: PCOM2/402

Collection: Prison Commission

Description: Stafford Gaol, Staffordshire: register of prisoners

Dates: 1866-1870


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: PCOM2/404

Collection: Prison Commission

Description: Stafford Gaol, Staffordshire: a copy of the distributed National Alphabetical Register of Habitual Criminals in England and Wales. Printed

Dates: 1869-1876


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: Q/SB 1842 AA/5

Collection: Staffordshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Testimonial from Chaplain of County Gaol as to good conduct of a prisoner

Dates: 1842


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: 6957/1/1-3

Collection: HM Prison, Stafford

Description: Photograph album of male and female prisoners upon discharge

Dates: 1877-1899


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: D1323/S/9/1

Collection: Stafford Borough

Description: Copy plea from Abraham Flint written from Stafford Gaol to George Chetwynd, Magistrate at his trial, concerning complaints about prison conditions and resisting prison discipline

Dates: 1821


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: D1798/618/37

Collection: None

Description: Letter from Abraham Flint in Gaol at Stafford, referring to the necessity for facilities to meet his legal representatives

Dates: 1821


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: D5112/58-60

Collection: HM Prison, Stafford

Description: Photograph album of male and female prisoners upon discharge

Dates: 1883-1899


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: D5112/80-81

Collection: HM Prison, Stafford

Description: Assize re-committal book (record of previous convictions)

Dates: 1888-1896


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: D5112/85

Collection: HM Prison, Stafford

Description: Quarter Sessions, committal book. Gives names of prisoners, sentence for Quarter Sessions, Adjourned Quarter Sessions and Assizes

Dates: 1894-1898


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: Q/SB 1815 M/363

Collection: Staffordshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Letter from a prisoner in Stafford Gaol pleading for mercy

Dates: 1815


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: Q/SB 1820 A /21

Collection: Staffordshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Return relating to prisoners in Stafford County Gaol and Wolverhampton Prison

Dates: 1820


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: PCOM2/403

Collection: Prison Commission

Description: Stafford Gaol, Staffordshire: entry book of juvenile offenders

Dates: 1863-1878


Archive name: Walsall Local History Centre

Catalogue ref: 132/4 and 12

Collection: Walsall Corporation

Description: Returns of cost of criminal prosecutions, Walsall Borough, giving names of prisoners and details of offences

Dates: 1852, 1867


Archive name: William Salt Library

Catalogue ref: 276/2008

Collection: None

Description: Letter written by an unidentified woman in the Women's Gaol in Stafford to her sister

Dates: c.1877-1905


Archive name: William Salt Library

Catalogue ref: D(W)1548/9

Collection: None

Description: Plaster death mask of William Palmer, executed for murder at Stafford Gaol

Dates: 1856


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Derbyshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: D1842/ZP/7

Collection: None

Description: Plans, Stafford Gaol, floor plans of corn mills, bakehouse and flour store

Dates: 19th century


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: Q/AE/1

Collection: Staffordshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Plans of property belonging to the county of Stafford. Include plans of Stafford Gaol

Dates: 1856


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: Q/AG/1

Collection: Staffordshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Estimates, contracts, draft deeds concerning enlargement of Stafford Gaol

Dates: 1863


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: Q/AG/2a-b

Collection: Staffordshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Plan of additions to Stafford Gaol by Architect Joseph Potter, with official letter of Home Office approval

Dates: 1843


Archive name: Staffordshire Record Office

Catalogue ref: Q/Aic/1/4/59

Collection: Staffordshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Plan showing County Gaol, Stafford

Dates: 19th century


Archive name: The National Archives

Catalogue ref: PCOM7/237

Collection: Prison Commission

Description: Stafford Prison : widening, etc. of gaol road

Dates: 1886-1928


Archive name: William Salt Library

Catalogue ref: 7/175/00

Collection: None

Description: Sketch plan of site of Gaol

Dates: 1842


Images

Archive name: William Salt Library

Catalogue ref: 323/41/123/80

Collection: None

Description: Album of Old Stafford, Stafford Gaol, Principal Warder's tower (photograph)

Dates: 1868


Archive name: William Salt Library

Catalogue ref: SV IX.103b

Collection: Staffordshire views collection

Description: County Gaol, watercolour painting

Dates: c.1794


Archive name: William Salt Library

Catalogue ref: SV IX.119b

Collection: Staffordshire views collection

Description: Round tower of the Gaol, sepia drawing

Dates: 1843


Archive name: William Salt Library

Catalogue ref: SV IX.76a

Collection: Staffordshire views collection

Description: The Old House of Correction, watercolour painting

Dates: Early 19th century


Archive name: William Salt Library

Catalogue ref: Topog: STAFFORD 116B, 116D, 4B, 9C

Collection: Topographical drawings, postcards etc collection

Description: Postcards showing Stafford Gaol

Dates: c.1900, 1905