Records of Belle Vue Prison, New Bailey Prison and Strangeways Prison
1847-1881
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M600/1 Belle Vue Prison: General Registers (Male and Female), 1850-1880 (some gaps) (on microfilm MF 1850-18 Aug 1870)
M600/2 New Bailey Prison: General Registers (Male), 1859-1869; Nominal Register (Small Debts - Male and Female), Sep 1863-19 Nov 1864, 28 Aug-29 Oct 1868; Female and Male Register, 1847-1872; Female Register, Aug 1862-July 1867; Female Description Books, 1859-1867
M600/3 Female Registers, 1868-1875; Female Description Books, 1867-1879; Male Registers, 1869-1879 (with gaps); Male and Female Register (Small Debts), Dec 1878-Dec 1881.
M600/4 Miscellaneous: Felony Register - Bolton and Salford Sessions (Male) & Manchester Assizes [probably New Bailey Prison and Stangeways Prison], Jan 1863-Dec 1872
The registers are availableon Findmypast.
Related Material:See also 'County Prison Administration in Lancashire 1690-1850' by M.E. Delacy (on microfilm MF 2880).
Place:/Manchester/Manchester/Lancashire/England
Title:
Records of Belle Vue Prison, New Bailey Prison and Strangeways Prison
Date of work:
1847-1881
Reference number:
GB127.M600
Level of description:
Fonds
Includes:
Custodial history:
The majority of the records were deposited with us by the Prison Service in 2006. The Strangeways Female Register Dec 1870-Aug 1873 was transferred from the prison in August 1995. It was initially found in a skip outside the prison following the riots of 1990.
Access restrictions:
UnrestrictedSome items are in poor condition and unfit for production until conserved.
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
General notes:
Old Accession Number: 1995/Aug 16 2006/56
Record types:
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
Language:
English
Record number:
7197491