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Home Office: Prisons Entry Books, Series I
Catalogue reference: HO 21
What's it about?
HO 21
Entry books of out-letters (mainly before 1849) to the Surveyor-General and Inspectors of Prisons, the Hulk Establishment, the governing bodies of convict and local prisons, government departments, and individuals relating to British and Irish...
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HO 21
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Prisons Entry Books, Series I
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Date (When the record was created)
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1812-1884
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Description (What the record is about)
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Entry books of out-letters (mainly before 1849) to the Surveyor-General and Inspectors of Prisons, the Hulk Establishment, the governing bodies of convict and local prisons, government departments, and individuals relating to British and Irish prison administration, prison buildings, convicts and transportation. Some volumes contain tables of prison regulations certified by the Home Office. Other volumes contain out-letters relating to prison accounts, 1848 to 1849; exequaturs, 1860; consents to compulsory land purchase by the Metropolitan Board of Works and West Ham Local Board of Health for sewer construction, 1851 to 1867; and the distribution of annual volumes of the statutes, 1882-1884.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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15 volume(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8885/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
1,719,919 records
Within the department: HO
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Home Office: Prisons Entry Books, Series I
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