Newcastle City Gaol and House of Correction Collection 1742 - 1878. Particulars of criminals convicted of a crime specified in section 20 of the Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871 and reported to the Secretary of State [Home Secretary] as being imprisoned in Newcastle Gaol, numbers 1079-1303.

All the prisoners photographed here spent time in Newcastle Gaol between December 1871 - December 1873.

Newcastle Gaol in Carliol Square closed on 31st March 1925.