Alternative Names Warwick County Gaol, Warwick Prison, HMP Warwick
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol & House of Correction/Bridewell
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1860
Date closed post 1900 (1915/16)
Location Cape Road Warwick
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Warwickshire
Alternative Names Warwick County Gaol, Warwick Prison, HMP Warwick
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction County
Date opened 1860
Date closed post 1900 (1915/16)
Location Cape Road Warwick
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 52.290318 Long. -1.596146
County Warwickshire
Year 1863
Annual Committed - 1287
Daily Greatest number - 282
Year 1868
Annual Committed - 1412
Daily Daily average - 192
Year 1873
Annual Committed - 1420
Daily Daily average - 185
Year 1878
Annual Committed - 1601
Daily Daily average - 281
Year 1883
Annual Committed - 1038
Daily Daily average - 221
Year 1888
Annual Committed - 852
Daily Daily average - 129
Year 1893
Annual Committed - 788
Daily -
Year 1898
Annual Committed - 1369
Daily -
Archive name: Warwickshire County Record Office
Catalogue ref: QS 24/i/605
Collection: Warwickshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Petitions from ratepayers in various parts of the County, organised by 'the Ratepayers' Committee, Warwick Arms Hotel, Warwick. Praying that the proposition to erect a new Prison be discontinued.
Dates: 1847
Archive name: Warwickshire County Record Office
Catalogue ref: QS 24/i/607
Collection: Warwickshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Prisons Committee minute book
Dates: 1853-1860
Archive name: Warwickshire County Record Office
Catalogue ref: QS 43/1-6
Collection: Warwickshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Quarter Sessions orders of the Court. Contain material relevant to the administration of the county prisons
Dates: 1841-1905
Archive name: Warwickshire County Record Office
Catalogue ref: QS 2/1/1-3.
Collection: Warwickshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Reports of Visiting Justices to the County Prison. Reports of the Prison Governor, Chaplain, and Surgeon. Also, Prison Governors' certificates that Prison rules have been observed. There are gaps in the series of reports from the Prison Officers.
Dates: 1843-1897
Archive name: Warwickshire County Record Office
Catalogue ref: QS 24/i/611
Collection: Warwickshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Register of copy mortgages of the County Rates, to secure various sums of money required for the erection of the new Prison
Dates: 1858-1862
Archive name: Warwickshire County Record Office
Catalogue ref: CR3187/14
Collection: None
Description: Photograph of a man, perhaps in Prison Warder's uniform
Dates: c.1900
Archive name: Warwickshire County Record Office
Catalogue ref: QS 3/c/iv/16
Collection: Warwickshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Advertisement for Chaplain, with list of candidates, applications, testimonials and appointments
Dates: 1866
Archive name: Warwickshire County Record Office
Catalogue ref: QS 3/c/13
Collection: Warwickshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Advertisement for Surgeon to County Gaol, with list of candidates
Dates: 1862
Archive name: Warwickshire County Record Office
Catalogue ref: CR 1618/WA5/9
Collection: None
Description: Warwick Borough Collection, plan of site for new County Gaol, with related papers
Dates: 1850s
Archive name: Warwickshire County Record Office
Catalogue ref: CR 2433/31/47, 48, 51
Collection: Margetts of Warwick, auctioneers, valuers and estate agents
Description: Schedules and valuation of Warwick County Gaol
Dates: 1860-1861
Archive name: Warwickshire County Record Office
Catalogue ref: QS 24/i/606
Collection: Warwickshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Advertisement for a site of 'not less than 6 nor more than 10 acres' for the new Prison, and correspondence concerning offers received
Dates: 1849
Archive name: Warwickshire County Record Office
Catalogue ref: QS 24/i/609
Collection: Warwickshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Tenders received for main building, gas, water and other fittings
Dates: 1857-1859, 1871
Archive name: Warwickshire County Record Office
Catalogue ref: QS 24/i/610
Collection: Warwickshire Quarter Sessions
Description: Register of enrolments of various contracts entered into for the erection of the new Prison
Dates: 1854-1857
Archive name: Warwickshire County Record Office
Catalogue ref: PH0143/1019-1034
Collection: Parish of Warwick records
Description: Photographs of Prison, Cape
Dates: c.1906
Archive name: Warwickshire County Record Office
Catalogue ref: PH0306/14, 20-22, 25a, 26, 74, PH1035/A8775, F3935, F3441
Collection: None
Description: Photographs of Warwick Prison, including prisoners working
Dates: c.1900