Prison Type Convict Prison
Date opened 1874
Date closed 1890 [post 1900 (still open)]
Location Du Cane Road London
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Middlesex
The Scrubs was first occupied in December 1874 by a party of male convicts sent to labour on its construction. While construction continued until 1890, by the early 1880s enough work had been completed for the prison to be used to confine other classes of male convicts, including those completing their probation in separate confinement, and those for labour at public works who were not required for the construction. On 1 October 1890, with the completion of the building work, the convict establishment was broken up and the institution converted into a local prison, taking over from Millbank which was finally closed (see ID 1000).
Prison Type Convict Prison
Date opened 1874
Date closed 1890 [post 1900 (still open)]
Location Du Cane Road London
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 51.516667 Long. -0.240278
County Middlesex
The Scrubs was first occupied in December 1874 by a party of male convicts sent to labour on its construction. While construction continued until 1890, by the early 1880s enough work had been completed for the prison to be used to confine other classes of male convicts, including those completing their probation in separate confinement, and those for labour at public works who were not required for the construction. On 1 October 1890, with the completion of the building work, the convict establishment was broken up and the institution converted into a local prison, taking over from Millbank which was finally closed (see ID 1000).
Year 1878
Annual Confined - 646
Daily Census - 522
Year 1883
Annual Confined - 1587
Daily Census - 928
Year 1888
Annual Confined - 1225
Daily Census - 604
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: PCOM 7/224
Collection: Prison Commission
Description: Warrants constituting and appointing Convict Prisons etc. Wormwood Scrubs
Dates: 1856-1885
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: PCOM 2/154-158
Collection: Prison Commission
Description: Wormwood Scrubs Prison, Middlesex, register of prisoners under separate confinement
Dates: 1882-1890
Archive name: The National Archives
Catalogue ref: PCOM 2/152-153
Collection: Prison Commission
Description: Register and Index of Prisoners' Working Parties
Dates: 1874-1890