Alternative Names HMP Wormwood Scrubs
Prison Type Local Prison - Prison
Jurisdiction Local
Date opened 1891
Date closed post 1900 (still open)
Location Du Cane Road, East Acton London, East Acton
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Middlesex
Constructed using convict labour and opened as a convict prison (ID 1012) in the early 1880s. Although intended to be a convict prison, when construction work was completed in 1890, the convict establishment was broken up, and the prison re-opened as a local prison in 1891.
Alternative Names HMP Wormwood Scrubs
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Local
Date opened 1891
Date closed post 1900 (still open)
Location Du Cane Road, East Acton London, East Acton
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 51.516667 Long. -0.240278
County Middlesex
Constructed using convict labour and opened as a convict prison (ID 1012) in the early 1880s. Although intended to be a convict prison, when construction work was completed in 1890, the convict establishment was broken up, and the prison re-opened as a local prison in 1891.
Year 1893
Annual Committed - 2286
Daily -
Year 1898
Annual Committed - 2850
Daily -
Archive name: Hammersmith & Fulham Archives & Local History Centre
Catalogue ref: PAH/2/183
Collection: None
Description: File of correspondence etc between Board of Overseers and Treasury re rateable value of postal sorting office at The Grove and Wormwood Scrubs Prison
Dates: 1889-1894
Archive name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
Catalogue ref: 3040/12
Collection: None
Description: Register of Plymouth Prison Officers. Includes male and female Officers, and refers to their employment at various Prisons, including Wormwood Scrubs
Dates: Late 19th century-c.1926
Archive name: London Metropolitan Archives
Catalogue ref: ACC/3588/001
Collection: None
Description: Reminiscences of John Burt, Prison Warder at HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs. Includes newspaper cuttings relating to the Prison.
Dates: 1890-1936
