Alternative Names Wandsworth County Gaol, Wandsworth Prison, HMP Wandsworth
Prison Type Local Prison - House of Correction/Bridewell
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1851
Date closed post 1900 (still open)
Location Heathfield Road Wandsworth
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Surrey
Alternative Names Wandsworth County Gaol, Wandsworth Prison, HMP Wandsworth
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1851
Date closed post 1900 (still open)
Location Heathfield Road Wandsworth
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 51.45015 Long. -0.17765
County Surrey
Image Attribution 'Bird's-eye view ... Wandsworth' in Mayhew and Binny, Criminal Prisons of London (1862), facing p. 404
Year 1853
Annual Confined - 5032
Daily Daily average - 564
Year 1858
Annual Committed - 5190
Daily Daily average - 848
Year 1863
Annual Committed - 3567
Daily Greatest number - 848
Year 1868
Annual Committed - 3887
Daily Daily average - 738
Year 1873
Annual Committed - 5160
Daily Daily average - 738
Year 1878
Annual Committed - 6588
Daily Daily average - 928
Year 1883
Annual Committed - 8504
Daily Daily average - 1058
Year 1888
Annual Committed - 9240
Daily Daily average - 1103
Year 1893
Annual Committed - 10018
Daily -
Year 1898
Annual Committed - 11125
Daily -
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: ACC/3444/AD/01/001-002
Collection: Wandsworth Prison
Description: New Prison Committee minutes and letter books
Dates: 1847-1852
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/032/01
Collection: Prisons and Compters
Description: Miscellaneous records relating to Prisons and Compters (including Wandsworth). These include accounts and financial papers, statutes and bills relating to Gaols and Prisons, various Committee minutes and papers, including reports of the Gaol Committee, staffing issues, contracts, petitions, regulations, papers relating to the health of the prisoners.
Dates: 1487-1878
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/032/04/017
Collection: Prisons and Compters
Description: Dietaries of Surrey House of Correction at Wandsworth
Dates: undated
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: CLA/032/04/021
Collection: Prisons and Compters
Description: Final report of the Committee of Justices, appointed to superintend the erection of the House of Correction at Wandsworth, with receipts and expenditure and offices
Dates: 1852
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: LMA/4607/C/06/001
Collection: St Giles Christian Mission
Description: Mission hut at Wandsworth Prison
Dates: 1883-1949
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: 1854-1859
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: QS5/4/7/29
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Tenders to supply provisions
Dates: 1874
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: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: ACC/3444/AD/02/001
Collection: Wandsworth Prison
Description: Visiting Committee minutes
Dates: 1896-1914
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: ACC/3444/AD/02/005
Collection: Wandsworth Prison
Description: Attendance at meetings of Visiting Committee
Dates: 1895-1918
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: ACC/3444/AD/08/001
Collection: Wandsworth Prison
Description: Governor's letter book
Dates: 1896-1947
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: PCOM7/442
Collection: Prison Commission
Description: Religion Divine Service. Wandsworth Prison Roman Catholic Chapel
Dates: 1898-1904
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: ACC/3444/ST/05/001
Collection: Wandsworth Prison
Description: Registers of Officers
Dates: 1878-1927
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS5/2B/1
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: List of County Officers, including those of County Gaol (to 1878), and House of Correction (to 1877)
Dates: 1874-1878
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: PCOM7/651
Collection: Prison Commission
Description: Staff. Pay and Conditions of Service: Officers Quarters. Wandsworth: land for officers' quarters from R. Neal
Dates: 1888-1889
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS5/4/7/28
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Lists of candidates for the Offices of Chaplain, Surgeon, Matron, Chief Warder, Governor's Clerk, and Storekeeper at Wandsworth House of Correction
Dates: 1851
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: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: ACC/3444/PR/01/001-094
Collection: Wandsworth Prison
Description: Nominal registers of admissions, males
Dates: 1879-1900
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: ACC/3444/PR/03/001
Collection: Wandsworth Prison
Description: Registers of executions
Dates: 1892-1935
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: PCOM2/230-289
Collection: Prison Commission
Description: Registers of prisoners for Wandsworth Prison
Dates: 1858-1879
Archive name: Kent History & Library Centre
Catalogue ref: Q/GGz/2
Collection: None
Description: Returns of prisoners in Wandsworth House of Correction committed from Kent
Dates: 1857
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: PCOM2/290-291
Collection: Prison Commission
Description: Two volumes of photograph albums for Wandsworth Prison
Dates: 1872-1873
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: P1/12/75
Collection: Abinger civil prish records
Description: Final report of Committee for erection
Dates: 1852
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS5/15/43
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Press cuttings. The volume had originally been used for the minutes of the Juvenile Reformatory and Prison Enlargement Committee, which considered the terms of an agreement with the Philanthropic Farm School, Redhill, and the enlargement of Wandsworth House of Correction.
Dates: 1857-1858
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS5/4/5/29-30, 33-39
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Papers relating to the acquisition and development of Wandsworth prison site and buildings
Dates: 1847-1879
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS5/4/6/153-164, 166-179
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Plans of Wandsworth House of Correction and Gaol
Dates: 1849-1856
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: QS5/7/7
Collection: Surrey Quarter Sessions
Description: Bundle of insurance policies for County premises, including Wandsworth House of Correction
Dates: 1852
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: PCOM7/149-152
Collection: Prison Commission
Description: Land. Wandsworth Prison: Boundaries, leases, maintenance
Dates: 1878-1911
Archive name: Surrey History Centre
Catalogue ref: PX/152/7
Collection: Surrey illustrations collection
Description: New Prison for the County of Surrey
Dates: 1851
