North Wall Quarters, Pentonville Prison

[JonathanC]

On the 1911 census my great-grandparents and their two chlidren are living at 3L(?) North Wall Quarters, Pentonville Prison.  My great-grandfather, George HICKS, is a 'Warder Grade 1 in HM Prison Dept'.  Would this residence be inside the prison itself, or nearby?  In the Number of Rooms box George has written 'Quarters 3 Rooms'.  Of what would the accomodation comprise?

Are there records available online for employees of the prison?
 
Many thanks for any help.

[Plummiegirl]

The old records are held at The London Metropolitan Archives

As for rooms, this would possibly be 1 Kitchen (but not to be counted if it is only a scullery, then it could be 2 bedrooms), 1 Living Room & 1 Bedroom - look at bottom of page by signature and it explains how the person filling out the form should account for the number of rooms they occupy.

[JonathanC]

The old records are held at The London Metropolitan Archives

Many thanks.

[Valda]

Hi

The survival of prison records is very variable - staffing records have poorer survival than prison registers. The historic registers for Pentonville prison are held at The National Archives

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/criminals-18th-20th-centuries.htm

and

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/searchresults.asp?fldLettercodeRef=HO&fldClassRef=&fldSearchNumber=22838&fldInvert=0&SearchInit=6

I think that is about all surviving for Pentonville prison. I don't think anything is held by the LMA for this prison but check for certain.


Regards

Valda

[Suecoo]

On the 1911 census my great-grandparents and their two chlidren are living at 3L(?) North Wall Quarters, Pentonville Prison.  My great-grandfather, George HICKS, is a 'Warder Grade 1 in HM Prison Dept'.  Would this residence be inside the prison itself, or nearby?  In the Number of Rooms box George has written 'Quarters 3 Rooms'.  Of what would the accomodation comprise?

Are there records available online for employees of the prison?
 
Many thanks for any help.

I actually lived at 14 Northwell Quarters as a child in late 60s. They were flats for prison officers. I was too young to remember it but I believe it was a block of flats. 5 of us lived there consisting of 3 kids and our parents.