Winchester County Gaol and House of Correction

Overview

Details

Records

Overview

Alternative Names   Winchester County Gaol, Winchester Prison, HMP Winchester

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

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1849

Date closed   post 1900 (still open)

Location   Romsey Road, at West Hill about 500 yards beyond West Gate and the County Hall   Winchester

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Hampshire

Prison Info

Alternative Names   Winchester County Gaol, Winchester Prison, HMP Winchester

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1849

Date closed   post 1900 (still open)

Location   Romsey Road, at West Hill about 500 yards beyond West Gate and the County Hall   Winchester

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.063  Long.   -1.328

County   Hampshire

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   1832

Daily Daily average   -   260

 

Year 1858

Annual Committed   -   1789

Daily Daily average   -   276

 

Year 1863

Annual Committed   -   1652

Daily Greatest number   -   397

 

Year 1868

Annual Committed   -   1862

Daily Daily average   -   295

 

Year 1873

Annual Committed   -   1770

Daily Daily average   -   307

 

Year 1878

Annual Committed   -   2562

Daily Daily average   -   324

 

Year 1883

Annual Committed   -   2069

Daily Daily average   -   340

 

Year 1888

Annual Committed   -   2338

Daily Daily average   -   314

 

Year 1893

Annual Committed   -   2511

Daily   -  

 

Year 1898

Annual Committed   -   3049

Daily   -  

Principal Primary Sources

  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1859, Session 1, XI.169), p.27; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1861, XXIX.1), p.24; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Twenty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1863, XXIII.1), p.70; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirtieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1865, XXIII.1), p.203; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1866, XXXVII.1), p.182; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1867-68, XXXIV.203), p.247; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-third Report (Parl. Papers, 1868-69, XXIX.1), p.172; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-fourth Report (Parl. Papers, 1870, XXXVII.1), p.89; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1871, XXIX.241), p.107; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-sixth Report (Parl. Papers, 1872, XXXI.1), p.67; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1873, XXXII.1), p.124; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-eighth Report (Parl. Papers, 1874, XXIX.1), p.143; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Thirty-ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1875, XXXVII.1), p.153; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Fortieth Report (Parl. Papers, 1876, XXXV.1), p.156; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Forty-first Report (Parl. Papers, 1877, XLIII.1), p.159; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain I. Southern District, Forty-second Report (Parl. Papers, 1878, XLI.1), p.160
  • Commissioners of Prisons, Second Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1878-79, XXXIV.1, 97), p.81; Commissioners of Prisons, Third Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1880, XXXV.1,73), p.108; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1881, LI.441, 521), p.106; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1882, XXXIII.443, 541), p.115; Commissioners of Prisons, Sixth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1883, XXXI.445, 579), p.119; Commissioners of Prisons, Seventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884, XLII.461, 551), p.116; Commissioners of Prisons, Eighth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1884-85, XXXVII.527, 651), p.114; Commissioners of Prisons, Ninth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1886, XXXV.1, 93), p.110; Commissioners of Prisons, Tenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1887, XLI.203, 335), p.104; Commissioners of Prisons, Eleventh Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1888, LVIII.1, 209), p.102; Commissioners of Prisons, Twelfth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1889, XLI.1, 181), p.102; Commissioners of Prisons, Thirteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890, XXXVII.1, 183), p.102; Commissioners of Prisons, Fourteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1890-91, XLIII.1, 125), p.95; Commissioners of Prisons, Fifteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1892, XLII.1, 147), p.93; Commissioners of Prisons, Sixteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1893-94, XLVII.1, 121), p.92; Commissioners of Prisons, Seventeenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1894, XLIV.1, 183), p.90; Commissioners of Prisons, Eighteenth Annual Report (Parl. Papers, 1895, LVI.727, 865), p.95
  • Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1895-96 (Parl. Papers, 1896, XLIV.235), p.228; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1896-97 (Parl. Papers, 1897, XL.105), p.374; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1897-98 (Parl. Papers, 1898, XLVII.23), p.426; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1898-99 (Parl. Papers, 1899, XLIII.65), p.450; Report of Coms. of Prisons and Directors of Convict Prisons, 1899-1900 (Parl. Papers, 1900, XLI.1), p.501

Additional Primary Sources

  • William White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (Sheffield, 1859), pp. 62-3.

Management

Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 12M60/83

Collection: Compton of Minstead

Description: Papers of Henry Combe Compton MP. Inclues report of New Prison Building Committee (1851). 

Dates: 1842-1854


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 200M86/H3

Collection: Hampshire Constabulary

Description: Includes report by the County Constabulary Select Committee appointed to build new County Prison and Police HQ

Dates: 1846


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 28M57/30

Collection: None

Description: Printed report of the new prison building committee, Epiphany Quarter Sessions

Dates: 1851


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 38M49/QZ16/5

Collection: Wickham Family

Description: Report - County Prison.

Dates: 1871


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 88M96W/A3/1

Collection: Winchester Prison

Description: Photocopy of extract from the Fifteenth report of Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain, pp24-35, mainly covering the County Gaol and House of Correction, Winchester

Dates: 1850


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 200M86/H3

Collection: Hampshire Constabulary

Description: Includes report by Visiting Justices of the County Prison

Dates: 1864


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 88M96W/A1/1

Collection: Winchester Prison

Description: Visiting Committee minute book

Dates: 1878-1920


Finance

Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 37M85/6/PR/5

Collection: Andover Borough

Description: Andover Borough records. Letter from Whitehall about claims for conveyance of prisoners to gaol. Blank return.

Dates: 1885


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 38M49/QZ12

Collection: Wickham Family

Description: Printed abstracts of the cost of Hampshire County Prison

Dates: 1867-1877


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: Q10/4/5

Collection: Hampshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Bridges and militia account book: Includes accounts for Prison (from Midsummer 1879)

Dates: 1859-1890


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: Q10/5/5

Collection: Hampshire Quarter Sessions

Description: County Gaol account books. Includes New Prison Building account

Dates: 1846-1851


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: Q10/6/6-7

Collection: Hampshire Quarter Sessions

Description: County Prison accounts

Dates: 1847-1879


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: Q10/7/1-5

Collection: Hampshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Prosecutions and conveyance of Prisoners account books

Dates: 1838-1890


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: Q11/2/1-6

Collection: Hampshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Mortgage of County rates to Public Works Loan Commissioners as security for a total loan of £60,000 for the erection of the New Prison 28 Jun 1847-2 Jan 1849 with related papers to 20 Jan 1869

Dates: 1847-1869


Archive name: Somerset Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: DD/SF/17/4/25

Collection: None

Description: Miscellaneous bundle of mainly printed items. 'Abstract of costs of Hants County Prison at Winchester' (1866). 

Dates: 1866


Daily Business

Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: Q13/2/8-10

Collection: Hampshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Chaplain's Journals

Dates: 1842-1872


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: Q13/2/4-5

Collection: Hampshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Journals of the Governor of the County Gaol and New Prison

Dates: 1855-1877


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: Q13/2/6

Collection: Hampshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Deputy Governor's Journal

Dates: 1849-1853


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: Q13/2/11

Collection: Hampshire Quarter Sessions

Description: Surgeon's Journal

Dates: 1849-1856


Staff

Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 88M96W/F1/1

Collection: Winchester Prison

Description: Register of officers

Dates: c.1880-192?


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 12M60/84

Collection: Compton of Minstead

Description: Notebook of Henry Combe Compton MP, contains list of officers of new prison and old prison.

Dates: 1849-1850


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 12M60/85

Collection: Compton of Minstead

Description: Papers of Henry Combe Compton MP. List of names and addresses of Magistrates, names of officers of prison and expenses

Dates: 1850-1854


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 19M61/2646

Collection: None

Description: Deed of covenant between William Kingsmill and Henry Barber of Winchester, upon the appointment upon the latter as keeper of the county gaol

Dates: 1851


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 118M86/37

Collection: None

Description: Letter from the Reverend John Keble to Sir William Heathcote Keble or his Curate to take the school on 14 or 15 November. Has written to advise Mr Haygate of a vacancy at the Gaol.

Dates: 1853


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 38M49/QZ16/3

Collection: Wickham Family

Description: Report on superannuation allowances to Prison Officers

Dates: 1868


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 5M62/24 page 331

Collection: Winchester Probate District Registers

Description: Registered copy will of William Lawrence of 15 North View, Winchester, superannuated Warder in Hampshire County Gaol

Dates: 1888


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 5M62/25 page 689

Collection: Winchester Probate District Registers

Description: Registered copy will of John Cousens of 12 Cavendish Terrace, Hyde Abbey Road, Winchester, of HM Prison and then superannuated Prison Warder

Dates: 1891


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 5M62/6 page 445

Collection: Winchester Probate District Registers

Description: Registered copy will of William Taylor of St Thomas, Winchester, warder in the Hants County Prison

Dates: 1863


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 5M62/24 page 235

Collection: Winchester Probate District Registers

Description: Registered copy will of James Wateridge of 18 Meredith Street, Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex, late of Winchester, superannuated Prison Warder

Dates: 1888


Prisoners

Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 88M96W/B3

Collection: Winchester Prison

Description: Register of executions

Dates: undated


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 88M96W/E1/1

Collection: Winchester Prison

Description: Photocopy list of 16 graves in the prison with dates of interment (12 Dec 1894 to 22 Apr 1930)

Dates: 1894-1930


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 39M85/PC/F73

Collection: Poore of Andover

Description: Letter from Chaplain at County Prison, Winchester, to John Poore on behalf of John Burke (prisoner) about certificates

Dates: 1868


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 39M85/PC/F52

Collection: Poore of Andover

Description: Includes letter from John Poore, Andover (26 May 1868) concerning John Burke, a prisoner in Winchester Gaol.

Dates: 1868


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Cornwall Record Office

Catalogue ref: H/166/68

Collection: Messieurs Harvey and Comapany, Hayle, plans

Description: Breage. Plan of shaft for Winchester new prison. 

Dates: 1853


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 19A09/1 page 48

Collection: None

Description: Plans of County Gaol, police station and Old County Hospital estate

Dates: 19th century


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: 21M85W/1

Collection: Stopher of Winchester

Description: Diary of Thomas Stopher, Builder. Entries include Winchester Prison, and frequent references to treadwheel house and boiler.

Dates: 1862-1863


Archive name: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

Catalogue ref: W/C11/2/227a, 231

Collection: Winchester City Archives

Description: Drainage, HM Prison, Romsey Road, Plans

Dates: 1897