Wiltshire and Swindon Archives

South West England Wiltshire
A* for Quarter Sessions records; B* for Petty Sessions records; E the records of the Wiltshire Probation Board, F5* for Police records.

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Executioner's equipment: Wandsworth Prison Museum
Tayside Police Museum
The Knife Angel
"Why?" on the Knife Angel
Wandsworth Prison
Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin
Beaumaris Courthouse - Anglesey
Gaslit kitchen: The Judge's Lodgings
Wavertree lockup: Liverpool
Life mask of Albert Pierrepoint: Wandsworth Prison Museum
Essex Police Museum - shoes of Camille Holland
Lancashire Police Museum - Dr Ruxton's bathroom
Historic courtroom, Y Gaer, Brenock
Dartmoor Prison uniform: Dartmoor Prison Museum
Exterior of the prison buildings - Lancaster Castle
Wandsworth Prison Museum
Cast of Albert Pierrepoint's hands: Wandsworth Prison Museum
Lancashire Police Museum - male penitentiary wing of Lancaster Castle Prison
Bodmin Jail hanging pit
Essex Police Museum - death mask of Frederick Browne

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BALH @balhnews ·

8 Nov

Join us on 14 November to hear more about the Victorian Poor Law Project!

Find out more, here: https://ow.ly/BNcB50TOaWG

#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk ·

1 Nov

Our bursary scheme is now open for applications! £750 available to early career researchers, independent scholars, or PhD students working on women's studies in our period (1558-1837). Deadline: 15 Dec 2024. Please spread the word! #funding #ECR #PhD https://womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/

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Dr Emily Ireland @dremilyireland ·

8 Nov

Baroness Hale is coming to Liverpool for the @SeldensSister inaugural annual lecture next Thursday 14th November at 3pm. Sign up to attend, in person or online, here:
https://www.seldenssister.com/events

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Medieval Murder Maps medimurdermaps.bsky.social @medimurdermaps ·

8 Nov

Three medievalists @RozierHistorian, @StephEmmaBrown, & @latemedievalist discuss book reviews on the latest episode of @ecrpodcasters
#ECR #AcademicChatter #AcademicHelp

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Australian Convict Research - London @convictresearch ·

6 Nov

Super talk by Terry Deary on the writing of Horrible History series & more. #Tasmania & #Australia got a few mentions - the desperate need to educate a wider audience on the shocking story of what #British colonisers did to #Aboriginal peoples. #Women in #history also mentioned.

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