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*[http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/blackstone/blacksto.htm Blacksstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, 1765-1769] | *[http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/blackstone/blacksto.htm Blacksstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, 1765-1769] | ||
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*[http://www.barcouncil.org.uk/about/circuits/a-historyofthecircuits/ History of the Criminal Court Circuits] | *[http://www.barcouncil.org.uk/about/circuits/a-historyofthecircuits/ History of the Criminal Court Circuits] | ||
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Revision as of 05:59, 11 September 2007
Contents
The English Legal System
Courts
The Inns of Court
- The Inner Temple Includes a database of admissions between 1547 and 1850
Trials and Court Hearings
- The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834 Also has old maps and other info about London history.
- Early 18th Century Crime Reports Newspaper extracts
For Licensed Victuallers' Records see separate page -Court Sessions and Victuallers' Licences
For Poor Law Information see separate page - Poor Law and Workhouse records
Regional
- The London Eyre of 1244 -Royal Courts
- Convicts tried at Nottingham Borough Quarter Sessions Assizes Details of Prisoners who were subsequently deported to Australia
- Kent Quarter Sessions Indices Records between 1682 and 1804
- History of Crime and Detection with specific reference to Shropshire
- The Dunmow Flitch Trials Includes a list of successful claimants from 1445
See also separate section on Convict Transportation
Gaols
- Aylesbury Prison in the 1870s Includes details of the prisoner's crime and sentence, and, in some instances, his photograph
- Bedford Gaol in 19th Century Includes a database of entries from gaol registers held by the Bedfordshire & Luton Archives - ongoing
- Derby Gaol 1756-1825 List of Executed Prisoners
- A History of Newgate Prison including List of Inmates and Victims
- HMP Parkhurst Prisoners and Warders in the 19th Century
- Ruthin Gaol History and some lists of prisoners and Warders]
- Walton Gaol Inmates and Staff, 1881
- Warwick County Prison between 1800 and 1900 Inmates Database
The Police
Murder
- Black Sheep indexsite currently unavailible
Executions-Executioners
Miscellaneous
- Victorian Crime and Punishment Includes a prisoner database
- Crime on the Lines Crimes committed on British Railways
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