Series
Metropolitan Police: General Registry: Registers of Murders and Deaths by Violence
Catalogue reference: MEPO 20
What's it about?
MEPO 20
This series comprises registers of murders and deaths by violence in the Metropolitan Police area.The registers provide, in chronological order, brief particulars of cases of murder, manslaughter, infanticide and, in the later volumes, deaths of...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MEPO 20
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Title (The name of the record)
- Metropolitan Police: General Registry: Registers of Murders and Deaths by Violence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1891-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises registers of murders and deaths by violence in the Metropolitan Police area.
The registers provide, in chronological order, brief particulars of cases of murder, manslaughter, infanticide and, in the later volumes, deaths of women in abortion. The information given includes the date and place of death; the name, address and occupation of the victim; details of any persons charged, and the result of subsequent court proceedings.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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No record survives for the years 1910, 1911, and 1918.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 11 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10827/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MEPO
Records of the Metropolitan Police Office
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Metropolitan Police: General Registry: Registers of Murders and Deaths by Violence