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Ancestry.com - West Yorkshire, England, Prison Records, 1801-1914 $

Original source: West Yorkshire Prison Records. Reference C118: Wakefield Prison. West Yorkshire Archive Service, Wakefield, England. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Ancestry.com - Wills, Probates, Land, Tax & Criminal

Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.

Assizes: Criminal Trials

Research Guide from the National Archives, United Kingdom.

Aylesbury Prison, 1891 Index of Prisoners

Buckinghamshire, England.

Ayrshire Roots - Scottish Criminal Justice

From Ayrshire Roots.

Bedfordshire & Luton Archives and Records Service - Bedfordshire Gaol Register

Covers the time period between 1801 and 1879 with some gaps. Bedfordshire, United Kingdom.

British Transport Police History Group

Dedicated to preserving the history of railway, dock and canal policing in the United Kingdom.

Brixton Convict Prison, 1871 Index of Prisoners, Surnames A - K

London, England.

Brixton Convict Prison, 1871 Index of Prisoners, Surnames L - Z

London, England.

Brixton Convict Prison, 1881 Index of Prisoners

London, England.

Buckinghamshire Constabulary

Canterbury Prison, 1901 Index of Prisoners

Chattenden Convict Prison, 1881 Index of Prisoners

Kent, England.

Clandestine Marriages in the Chapel and Rules of the Fleet Prison: 1680-1754

A book by Mark D. Herber.

Crime & Punishment in the 19th Century

Scotland. Scanned examples of original documents from the Lamb Collection of the Dundee Library.

Criminal Ancestors: A Guide to Historical Criminal Records in England and Wales

A book by David T. Hawkings.

Dartmoor Convict Prison, 1871 Index of Prisoners, Surnames A - K

Devon, England.

Dartmoor Convict Prison, 1871 Index of Prisoners, Surnames L - Z

Devon, England.

Dartmoor Convict Prison, 1891 Index of Prisoners

Devon, England.

Digital Panopticon - Tracing London Convicts in Britain & Australia, 1780-1925

This website allows you to search millions of records from around fifty datasets, relating to the lives of 90,000 convicts from the Old Bailey. Use the site to search individual convict life archives, explore and visualise data, and learn more about crime and criminal justice in the past.