Some Hampshire items of interest:
His Majesty's Prison, Winchester
Was built in 1849.
Major Hugh C. MacTier, Governor.
T.D. Richards Medical Officer.
His Majesty's Prison, Portsmouth
St Mary's Road, Portsmouth, opened 31st August, 1878, is an edifice of
Plymouth Marble with castellated turrets, surrounded by a massive wall of
the same material, with the Governor's house adjoining. it will hold 139
male and 34 female prisoners, from the borough of Portsmouth, the City of
Chichester, summary convictions fro
Chris and Pat Boothman wrote:
> Hi Mick,
>
> I don't know whether you've had a reply yet. This is what I found on
> the 1881 census CD.
>
> Dwelling: 17 South St
> Census Place: Derby St Werburgh, Derby, England
> Source: FHL Film 1341812 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 3398 Folio 107
> Page 30
>
> Marr Age Sex Birthplace
>
> Wm. CAVE M 34 M Malton, York, England
> Rel: Head
> Occ: Principal Warder Prison
> Elizabeth CAVE M 33 F Wakefield, York, England
> Rel: Wife
> Arthur B. C
Jan and List
I have a convict Martha Grover who was tried 14th Jan 1799. She was not
transported to Australia until September 1802 on the "Glatton". The
Hampshire Records office said she was kept in Hampshire Prison from her
trial until transportation. Can anyone tell me which Prison she would have
been in as the one Jan listed below was not yet built?
Thanks for your help
Michelle
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From: Jan
To:
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 10
Hi Mick,
I don't know whether you've had a reply yet. This is what I found on
the 1881 census CD.
Dwelling: 17 South St
Census Place: Derby St Werburgh, Derby, England
Source: FHL Film 1341812 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 3398 Folio 107
Page 30
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
Wm. CAVE M 34 M Malton, York, England
Rel: Head
Occ: Principal Warder Prison
Elizabeth CAVE M 33 F Wakefield, York, England
Rel: Wife
Arthur B. CAVE 7 M Wakefield, York, England
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
Emily
Hi Joy
The location of Tavistock indicated that John Earnshaw was a prison warder
at H M Prison Dartmoor. There is a museum at Dartmoor Prison and it is
worth contacting them, but there was a riot there in the 1930s and many
records were destroyed.
The address is
H M Prison Dartmoor Museum
H M Prison Dartmoor
Princetown
Dartmoor
Devon
Apart from the usual sources (census, Parish Records and directories) it
might be worth contacting the Records Office at Plymouth and failing that
Kew.
Regards
Julie Gouch
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From:
To:
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 9:57 AM
Subject: worcester prison
> looking for imformatoin on worcester prison in salt lane late 1880s is it
> still there ? julie
>
>
On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 21:08:16 +0100, you wrote:
>
>I haven't yet worked out the sentencing system and wonder if it was fairly
>random and down to the judge or magistrate. Maybe we'll find out more from
>the list?
>Regards
>Anthea
Hi Anthea
Its just that values were different and those imposing them, of
course, had their own agenda, especially if you poached their
game etc!
I don't know if things have changed but some 30+ years ago when I
was working in Kenya the punishment for stealing a small number
of c
Hi
I am researching my ancestor John EARNSHAW whose occupations
from various sources which I have checked to date are
1833-38 Gunner Royal Artillery Kent/London
1846-49 Policeman London
1851-52 Prison Warden Travistock Devon
As yet I have found no record of John after the birth of his son
in 1852.
I am interested in tracing his careers & would appreciate advise
on where to look.
Joy Earnshaw
Taree NSW Australia
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Subject: Prisons
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 03:21:41 -0700
From: "TERRY"
To:
Information requested on John Chatfield aged 69 in 1881 in prison at
Parkhurst on that date.many thanks. Terry Brown.
Hello Paul,
I'm sure you'll get a lot of replies but I would like to suggest a good book
called Victorian Prison Lives (ISBN 0-7126-6587-0) which ' gives an account
of the process of imprisonment in England between 1830 and 1914, drawn
largely from the writings of prisoners themselves'.It is written by Phillip
Priestley.
I have no personal interest in this book but I happen to have found it very
interesting.
I was looking at some records recently where a man was found guilty of
stealing goods over the valu
Just a wee note to say thanks to Carol, the list deputy for list sitting
while I caught up on a few things here.
Any problems let me know at the usual email.
Regards
Julie Goucher, List Owner
list.owner@virgin.net
Fax & Voice Mail
Tel (+44) 0870 130 5474
Hello,
i'd like to get some information, perhaps a discussion going of the criminal
justice system of mid-late 1800s so that i have a beeter understanding and
perhaps can trace a relative.
I'll present a hypothetical.
Suppose I were a young man, say, 16, and committed a serious crime: Major
theft, manslaughter, etc., in or near Wolverhampton, Staffs (Darlaston),
something that would be short of the death penalty. (assuming England still
had the death penalty in the 1870s.) How would the criminal sys
Hiya,
Found this in an 1896 Kelly's Directory and thought you might be interested.
H.M.Prison
Castle Street, Worcester
Captain Robert A. Leggett, Governor.
Edwin Hyde, Medical Officer
Miss Elizabeth Sweetland, Matron
William Taylor, Clerk.
G.B. Gibson, Chief Warder.
All the best, Jan
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Hi All,
I wonder, can anyone give me a clue about prisons in the north of
Berkshire - now Oxfordshire - in 1841?
My 2g-grandfather, William BEESLEY, was mysteriously missing from his
home in Drayton at the time of the 1841 census. Later, he popped up
again, and it seems that he was imprisoned at the time - probably at
nearby Abingdon.
I can't find him on the HO microfilm, although his son John BEESLEY (my
g-grandfather) is there. [John was transported to Australia].
Can SKS give me a clue on this, pleas
Last one for this evening!
His Majesty's Prison, Dorchester
Situate on the site of the ancient Castle, and was originally erected in
1793, on the plan of Mr. Howard, at an expense of #16,179; Since the
transfer from the County Authorities to the Government it has been entirely
rebuilt, and is now available for 140 male prisoners.
Henry John Evans, Governor.
William Ernest Good, Medical Officer.
Frederick W. Edwards, Clerk and Schoolmaster.
Source: Kelly's Directory 1915
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