Catalogue description Wakefield Prison, records

This record is held by West Yorkshire Archive Service, Wakefield

Details of C118
Reference: C118
Title: Wakefield Prison, records
Description:

Includes administration: minutes 1907-1960, governors orders 1929-1962, governors journals 1907-1964, chaplains records 1965-1968, chief officers daily reports 1953-1965, gatekeepers occurrence books 1954-1972, engineers and workmens books 1886-1945, staff registers c1894-1978, prisoners: Quarter Sessions registers of prisoners 1801-1843, debtors receiving book 1847-1849, Wakefield Female Reformatory School register 1856-1865, register of military prisoners 1871-1875; index to admission registers c1878-1899, admission registers 1879-1964, calendars of prisoners 1872-1915, Visitors Book 1874-1985, Commissioners and Inspectors minutes 1879-1979, visiting Committee minutes and observations 1960-1979, Board of Visitors register of applications 1970-1979, Board of Visitors visiting magistrates 1969-1978, indexes to prisoners names 1945-c1962, copy letter book 1906-1955, registers of staff 1959-1978, registers of prisoners 1941-1964
Date: 1801-1991
Held by: West Yorkshire Archive Service, Wakefield, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Wakefield Prison
Subjects:
  • Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire
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