Prisons, Prisoners & Outlaws » Locality Specific: United Kingdom & Ireland

Scottish Prisoners of War Society

Promoting knowledge of the Scottish prisoners from the Battles of Dunbar (1650) and Worcester (1651).

The Black Sheep & Police Index

United Kingdom. The Black Sheep, the Police, & World War II Indexes.
[The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

The Border Reivers Website

Scotland & Northern England.

The Metropolitan Police Service Historical Archives

London, England.

The National Archives - Bedford Prison

The National Archives | The Catalogue | Full Details | PCOM

Records created or inherited by the Prison Commission and Home Office Prison Department, 1770-1978.

The National Archives UK - Prisoners of war in British hands

This guide will help you find information about prisoners of war captured by the British.

The Royal Irish Constabulary; A Short History and Genealogical Guide with a Select List of Medal Awards and Casualities

A book by Jim Herlihy.

The Ruhleben Story

Genealogical resource aid and project to try and identify the 4,000 British civilian prisoners interned at Ruhleben concentration camp near Berlin in World War One.

The Thin Blue Line

History of the men from the six constituent Sussex Police Forces who fought in the Great War. Includes biographies of some of the men.

Using Criminal Records (Pocket Guides to Family History)

A book by the Keeper of Public Records.

Victorian Prisoners in Buckinghamshire

England. Online searchable database of details of prisoners entering the County Gaol in Aylesbury in the 1870s. From the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies.

Victorians.co.uk - Victorian Crime and Punishment

Wakefield Prison, 1891 Index of Prisoners

Yorkshire, England.

Warwickshire County Council - Calendars of Prisoners, 1801 to 1900

Over 30,000 entries which are searchable by name, place and crime. A great resource for finding your Warwickshire criminal ancestors.

West Midlands Police Museum

Birmingham, England.

Woking Invalid Prison, 1881 Index of Prisoners, Surnames A-K

Surrey, England.

Woking Invalid Prison, 1881 Index of Prisoners, Surnames L-Z

Surrey, England.

Wormwood Scrubs Prison, 1881 Index of Prisoners

London, England.