Warwick County Gaol and House of Correction

Overview

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Records

Overview

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

Prison Info

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

Prisoner Statistics

 

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   -  

Principal Primary Sources

  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1861, XXIX.45), p.127; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain II. Midland District, Twenty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1862, XXV.93), p.118; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1863, XXIII.1), p.82; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.1), p.235; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.1), p.209; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1867-68, XXXIV.203), p.287; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1868-69, XXIX.1), p.198; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1870, XXXVII.1), p.205; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.241), p.263; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1872, XXXI.1), p.152; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1873, XXXII.1), p.305; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1874, XXIX.1), p.360; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1875, XXXVII.1), p.388; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Fortieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1876, XXXV.1), p.389; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Forty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1877, XLIII.1), p.393; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Forty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1878, XLI.1), p.389
  • Commissioners of Prisons, Second Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1878-79, XXXIV.1, 97), p.79; Commissioners of Prisons, Third Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1880, XXXV.1,73), p.104; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1881, LI.441, 521), p.104; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1882, XXXIII.443, 541), p.112; Commissioners of Prisons, Sixth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1883, XXXI.445, 579), p.116; Commissioners of Prisons, Seventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884, XLII.461, 551), p.112; Commissioners of Prisons, Eighth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884-85, XXXVII.527, 651), p.110; Commissioners of Prisons, Ninth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1886, XXXV.1, 93), p.106; Commissioners of Prisons, Tenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1887, XLI.203, 335), p.102; Commissioners of Prisons, Eleventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1888, LVIII.1, 209), p.101; Commissioners of Prisons, Twelfth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1889, XLI.1, 181), p.101; Commissioners of Prisons, Thirteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890, XXXVII.1, 183), p.101; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890-91, XLIII.1, 125), p.93; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1892, XLII.1, 147), p.91; Commissioners of Prisons, Sixteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1893-94, XLVII.1, 121), p.90; Commissioners of Prisons, Seventeenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1894, XLIV.1, 183), p.88; Commissioners of Prisons, Eighteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1895, LVI.727, 865), p.93
  • Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1895-96 (Parl. Papers, 1896, XLIV.235), p.224; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1896-97 (Parl. Papers, 1897, XL.105), p.370; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1897-98 (Parl. Papers, 1898, XLVII.23), p.421; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1898-99 (Parl. Papers, 1899, XLIII.65), p.442; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1899-1900 (Parl. Papers, 1900, XLI.1), p.492

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol8/pp447-451

Management

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


Finance

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


Staff

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


Land & Buildings

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


Images

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