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Bookmark or Share- How to use Census for Prisons Research - 19th Century Prison HistoryBut before I get your hopes up, the Census returns from convict prisons present a further obstacle. Between 1841 and 1861, it was standard practice to give only the first letter of each prisoner’s firstname and surname, in other words, convicts’ initials, rather than their full names.
- About Prison History - 19th Century Prison HistoryAt present, Prison History comprises two datasets. The first, 19th Century Prisons, is a database of institutions used to confine those accused and convicted of crime in England between 1800 and 1899.
- 19th Century Prisons - 19th Century Prison History19th Century Prisons aims to reconstruct the penal landscape of 19th Century England. To date, it contains information on 846 local and convict prisons, lock-ups and hulks used to confine those accused and convicted of crime between 1800 and 1899. Learn More.
- About 19th Century Prisons - 19th Century Prison HistoryThere remain big gaps in our knowledge. Simply put, we don’t even know how many prisons existed in nineteenth-century England. 19th Century Prisons marks the first stage in recovering that lost landscape.
- How to find your prison staff ancestors - 19th Century Prison HistoryWelcome to the Prison History guide on where to find records on prison staff of the 19th Century, from Parliamentary Papers to Quarter Sessions and more!
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