Alternative Names Surrey County Gaol and Bridewell, Horsemonger Lane Gaol, Newington County Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1798
Date closed 1878
Location located on Horsemonger Lane, parish of St Mary, Newington, Sessions House adjoins it Newington, Southwark
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Surrey
When constructed in 1798 also included a House of Correction (ID 294) in its grounds, but the two institutions were considered separately by the official sources until after 1818.
Alternative Names Surrey County Gaol and Bridewell, Horsemonger Lane Gaol, Newington County Gaol
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1798
Date closed 1878
Location located on Horsemonger Lane, parish of St Mary, Newington, Sessions House adjoins it Newington, Southwark
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 51.4977 Long. -0.096
County Surrey
When constructed in 1798 also included a House of Correction (ID 294) in its grounds, but the two institutions were considered separately by the official sources until after 1818.
Year 1818
Annual Committed - 1742
Daily Greatest number - 321
Year 1824
Annual Committed - 2245
Daily Census - 179
Year 1828
Annual Committed - 2647
Daily Census - 238
Year 1833
Annual Committed - 3027
Daily Census - 211
Year 1838
Annual Confined - 3903
Daily Census - 271
Year 1843
Annual Confined - 4075
Daily Census - 234
Year 1848
Annual Confined - 4201
Daily Daily average - 217
Year 1853
Annual Confined - 3211
Daily Daily average - 146
Year 1858
Annual Committed - 3224
Daily Daily average - 156
Year 1863
Annual Committed - 3798
Daily Greatest number - 217
Year 1868
Annual Committed - 4774
Daily Daily average - 158
Year 1873
Annual Committed - 3964
Daily Daily average - 140
Year 1878
Annual Committed - 1954
Daily Daily average - 0
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: 1457/6/5-12
Collection: Papers of James Luck
Description: Includes printed reports of visitors to Wandsworth House of Correction and the County Gaol
Dates: 1869, 1873
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/032/04/018
Collection: Prisons and Compters
Description: Copy return for the County Gaol, Horsemonger Lane
Dates: 1858
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLC/B/192/F/001/MS11936/424/730016
Collection: Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Group recordsÂ
Description: Insured - the Trustees for the time being of the new Gaol and Sessions House in Horsemonger Lane, Blackman Street
Dates: 1802
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: G85/2/4/1/97-98, G111/9/14
Collection: Bray family of Shere
Description: Report of meeting of 'The Surrey Institution for the Discharge and Relief of Persons Imprisoned for debt in the County Gaol', Newington. Also, notes 'from the rule book'.
Dates: 1812
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS2/6/1824/EA/53
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Presentment of the Grand Jury for Surrey. All well except for the complaints received from female prisoners held awaiting transportation being given insufficient food to sustain them while serving hard labour.
Dates: 1824
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS5/4/2/1-4
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Prison Discipline Committee and Prison Accommodation Committee records
Dates: 1854-1858
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS5/4/3/1-2
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Prisons Act (1877) Committee papers. Regarding Wandsworth and the County Gaol
Dates: 1877
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS5/4/7/27
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Tender to supply bread to the County Gaol
Dates: 1874
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: 3997/1
Collection: None
Description: Letter from Clerk of the Papers at Surrey County Gaol requesting 'few long and short blank petitions for the use of the poor debtors confined in this prison as the stock is quite exhausted'
Dates: 1841
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS2/6
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Quarter Sessions Bundles. Continue up to 1888 and those for the period 1800-1829 are described in great detail in the online catalogue. Material relating to the administration of the county's prisons, including: reports of visiting magistrates; reports of chaplains, surgeons, governors; returns of prisoners, rules and regulations; staff appointments, conditions and dismissals; maintenance and alteration of buildings; prison conditions; prisoner petitions
Dates: 1800-1888
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS5/4/1/1-3
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Minute and account books for the new County Gaol and Sessions house
Dates: 1791-1824
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS2/6/1825/MID/35a-d
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Report list by the Surgeons of the sick prisoners in Houses of Correction at Guildford, Kingston, and Brixton, and County Gaol
Dates: 1825
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS5/4/7/26
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Surgeon's order book, County Gaol. Lists orders to move inmates into the infirmary and outcome (eg removed to another Prison, acquitted, sent to class, discharged, died).
Dates: 1867-1878
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS5/2B/1
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: List of County Officers. Includes Officers of County Gaol (to 1878), and Officers of House of Correction (to 1877).
Dates: 1874-1878
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS5/4/7/24
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Includes a list of staff.
Dates: 1874-1878
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: G43/446
Collection: Godwin Austen family papers
Description: Appointment by Sheriff of four Gaolers in the County Gaol in St Mary Newington
Dates: 1810
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS5/2A/1
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Committee membership book. Towards the rear of the volume are listed the periodical payments due to the Officers of the County Gaol and the Wandsworth House of Correction.
Dates: 1855-1870
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS5/4/7/24
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Register of deaths (1798-1878) and baptisms (1798-1833) in the County Gaol
Dates: 1798-1878
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS2/6/1816/MIC/22
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Letter of complaint from late prisoner at the County Gaol, accusing the Keeper of robbing prisoners of the two bushels of coals they were allowed each week.
Dates: 1816
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: 7502/7/2
Collection: None
Description: Letter from George Woods at Horsemonger Lane Gaol, asking for pardon and referring to the remission of his death sentence
Dates: 1836
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS2/6/1810/EP/44
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Petition by the prisoners confined in the debtor's side of the County Gaol to receive a daily allowance of bread
Dates: c.1810
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS5/4/5/3-4, 7-16
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Papers relating to the acquisition, development and disposal of the County Gaols and Sessions House
Dates: 1856-1890
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS5/4/6/2-37e, 39-61, 78-81, 85
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Plans of County Gaol
Dates: 1817-1885
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS5/7/7-8
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Bundle of insurance policies for County premises, including County Gaol
Dates: 1802, 1844, 1865
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: SC/GL/PR/S2/UNI/p5409656
Collection: Guildhall Library Prints and Maps, London Boroughs
Description: Horsemonger Lane and Gaol during the notorious execution of the Mannings
Dates: 1849
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: SC/GL/VIS/001/006/001-002
Collection: Guildhall Library Prints and Maps, Views in Surrey
Description: G. Yates, watercolours, Horsemonger Lane Gaol (various aspects)
Dates: 1826
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: SC/GL/VIS/001/007
Collection: Guildhall Library Prints and Maps, Views in Surrey
Description: G. Yates, watercolours, Horsemonger Lane Gaol (various aspects)
Dates: 1826
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: SC/PZ/SW/01/620-631
Collection: Metropolitan Prints: Borough Sequence, Southwark
Description: Prints of Horsemonger Lane Gaol (various aspects)
Dates: 1802-1879
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: SC/PZ/SW/02/001-002, 170
Collection: Metropolitan Prints: Borough Sequence, Southwark
Description: Prints of Horsemonger Lane Gaol (various aspects)
Dates: undated
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: PX/132/25
Collection: Surrey Illustrations collection
Description: County Jail in Horsemonger Lane, Southwark, with Colonel Despard and his associates being hanged in 1803 for high treason
Dates: Early 19th century
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: Z/359/1
Collection: None
Description: Photographic copy of 'View of the County Gaol of Surrey, Horsemonger Lane'
Dates: Early 19th century