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Monmouthshire / Re: 1842, nearest jail to Monmouthshire?
« on: Wednesday 03 October 12 23:18 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for the replies. The Usk site is great. I think it was a House of Correction rather than a prison at the time I'm interested in.

I guess it depends on how full the prisons were as to whether they shipped prisoners out further afield. And how long the sentence was maybe, not worth moving them for a short stint.

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Monmouthshire / Re: 1842, nearest jail to Monmouthshire?
« on: Wednesday 03 October 12 14:35 BST (UK)  »
Monmouth was open 1790-1869, I think Cardiff was a senior moment?!

Not sure if any relevant papers are online yet, http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk only has the Western Mail from 1850. Couldn't find anything on that.

It was only stealing potatoes, so wouldn't have made 'The Times' or nationals! (RODGERS/HODGES)

Maybe the Ebbw Vale archives would have something on film but I'm not local to that area.

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Monmouthshire / 1842, nearest jail to Monmouthshire?
« on: Wednesday 03 October 12 13:57 BST (UK)  »
An ancestor was sentenced to 2 months in jail in 1842 and lived near Machen, Monmouthshire, South Wales. Would he have been incarcerated at Cardiff?

Have had a browse on the net for information on gaols which were operational at that time. There seem to be few open.

Looking on the Access 2 Archives website, the calendar of prisoners from that date doesn't seem to survive?

btw, I have got the sentencing record and case notes :).

thanks

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Hertfordshire / Harperbury Hospital. any ex-staff from 1931-1964 remember a patient?
« on: Thursday 23 August 12 23:53 BST (UK)  »
A long shot, but I have no other ideas on how to find out anything more about the adult life of Herbert James DOCKING who died in 1964.

His death certificate stated that he was of Harperbury Hospital, Shenley (actually died at Clare Hall Hospital).

The health authority have no surviving records other than the fact of an admission for that name in 1931. He would presumably have been there from his mid twenties to mid/late fifties.

There is nothing at the Hertfordshire Archives or London Metropolitan Archives. No-one in the family has any information.

(I believe the following information refers to him: born 1907; briefly in Wimborne Workhouse; then in Melksham Workhouse; in Bristol Children's Hospital in the 1911 Census, aged 3. Bristol workhouse records were virtually all destroyed. Have a few more details but no need to post here.)

Thanks.

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: London Metropolitan Archives - DOCKING marriage copy needed please
« on: Wednesday 23 March 11 21:04 GMT (UK)  »
Copy now obtained.
 :)

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: London Metropolitan Archives - DOCKING marriage copy needed please
« on: Tuesday 10 May 05 23:34 BST (UK)  »
Hi Meliora :)

Many thanks for your reply. I was just trying to do this more economically!

I had enquired the cost for the LMA copying and it's more than the certificate, crazy!  :-[ Our local record office only charges just over a pound for a copy!


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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / London Metropolitan Archives - DOCKING marriage copy needed please
« on: Saturday 07 May 05 23:10 BST (UK)  »
Hello

I would be very grateful if anyone could get a copy for me please, exact details known, and of course can pay postage/copy costs. I have checked and they should have coverage for this place/date.

The details are
John Ellery Docking + Martha Richford
m. 4 Jan 1908
St. Paul's Church, Herne Hill, London

Would love to know the details of Martha. Know that John's father was John and he was born in 1844.

Many thanks if you can help.

Newbie!

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