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Staffordshire Record Office

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Address: Eastgate Street, Stafford ST16 2LZ, United Kingdom

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Organisation: Archive
Collection: Courts, Police, Prisons
Dates:

  • Before 1700
  • 1700-1799
  • 1800-1849
  • 1850-1899
  • 1900-1949
  • 1950-present

Holds records for Stafford Prison, the county’s past 43 magistrates, petty and quarter sessions courts, and the area’s police force.s The Online catalogue: Gateway to the Past: http://www.archives.staffordshire.gov.uk We are a traditional local archive service, holding a mass of records relating to crime, justice and punishment in all the categories mentioned. All percentages and measurements given are approximate. I would be surprised if many services like ours will be able to be much more precise in numerical terms. A bald number doesn’t seem to me to be particularly helpful. We would be the first port of call for researchers needing … Continue reading “Staffordshire Record Office”

Holds records for Stafford Prison, the county’s past 43 magistrates, petty and quarter sessions courts, and the area’s police force.s The collections from Lichfield Record Office will be transferred to Stafford in early 2018.

Online catalogue: Gateway to the Past: www.archives.staffordshire.gov.uk

Name indexes to Stafford Gaol photograph albums and calendars of prisoners at Staffordshire Quarter Sessions: https://www.staffsnameindexes.org.uk/

Photographs, drawings, paintings of historic buildings relating to Crime and Punishment available on the Staffordshire Past Track website: http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/.

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  • Documents: Unknown
  • Photographs: None
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Historic buildings: No

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Shropshire Archives

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Address: Castle Gates, Shrewsbury SY1 2AQ, United Kingdom

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Organisation: Archive
Collection: Courts, Police, Prisons
Dates:

  • Before 1700
  • 1700-1799
  • 1800-1849
  • 1850-1899
  • 1900-1949
  • 1950-present

West midlands The Archives hold an extensive series of Quarter Sessions records for the county of Shropshire as well as records for the separate Quarter Sessions held for the Boroughs of Shrewsbury, Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Much Wenlock and Bishop’s Castle. It also holds series of Petty Sessions / Magistrates Courts registers, Coroner’s and Police records for the county, along with a selection of records relating to Shrewsbury Gaol. Online catalogue

The Archives hold an extensive series of Quarter Sessions records for the county of Shropshire as well as records for the separate Quarter Sessions held for the Boroughs of Shrewsbury, Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Much Wenlock and Bishop’s Castle. It also holds series of Petty Sessions / Magistrates Courts registers, Coroner’s and Police records for the county, along with a selection of records relating to Shrewsbury Gaol.

Please visit the website for our guides to crime and punishment and police records, as well as access to our online catalogues:
www.shropshirearchives.org.uk
www.shropshirearchives.org.uk/collections/records-crime-punishment/
www.shropshirearchives.org.uk/collections/police-records/

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www.shropshirearchives.gov.uk

Size of collection:

  • Documents: 10,001-20,000
  • Photographs: 101- 500
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Historic buildings: No

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