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Prison Records on Findmypast

Prison-related records available to subscribers of Find My Past include:

Local Records

From the National Archives: England & Wales, Crime, Prisons & Punishment, 1770-1935.

  • Prisoners Of War 1715-1945
  • Prisoners Of War 1715-1945 Browse
  • Registers of convicts in prison hulks 1811-43 (ADM 6)
  • After-trial calendars of prisoners of the Central Criminal Court (CRIM 9)
  • Home Office: convicts, miscellanea (HO 7)
  • Home Office: Criminal entry books 1782-1871 (HO 13)
  • Home Office: Criminal petitions series 1 (HO 17)
  • Home Office: Criminal petitions series 2 (HO 18)
  • Home Office: Registers of criminal petitions (HO 19)
  • Home Office: Registers of Prisoners from National Prisons lodged in County Prisons 1847-1866 (HO 23)
  • Home Office: Prison Registers and Statistical Returns 1838-1875 (HO 24)
  • Home Office: Criminal registers, Middlesex (HO 26)
  • Home Office: Criminal registers, England and Wales (HO 27)
  • Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals 1784-1830 (HO 47)
  • Home Office: Newgate Prison Calendar 1782-1853 (HO 77)
  • Home Office: Miscellaneous Criminal Books 1798-1831 (HO 130)
  • Home Office: Calendar of prisoners (HO 140)
  • Home Office and Prison Commission: prison records (PCOM 2)
  • Home Office and Prison Commission: Male Licences 1853-1887 (PCOM 3)
  • Home Office and Prison Commission: Female Licences 1853-1887 (PCOM 4)
  • Home Office: Old Captions and Transfer Papers 1843-1871 (PCOM 5)
  • Metropolitan Police: Criminal Record Office: habitual criminals' registers and miscellaneous papers (MEPO 6)
  • Quarterly returns of prisoners 1824-1876 of asylums (HO 8)
  • Treasury: Departmental Accounts: Convict Hulks 1802-1831 (T 38)