Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue

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Title
Bedford Prison Archives
Date free text
1852 - 1996
Scope and Content
For records of Bedford Prison while under control of the Quarter Sessions (pre-1878) see QG catalogues.
Archival history
Records from Bedford Prison (mainly post 1878) deposited on 24 February 1994. Records for the former gaols at Cambridge, Huntingdon and Northampton, found among the material at Bedford Prison have been transferred to the appropriate repository.
System of arrangement
Items marked with an asterisk (*), originally from Bedford Prison transferred to the record Office via the Prison Service Museum. Items marked (+) are at the Public Record Office, the PRO reference being given in brackets. The numbers in brackets after the heading for each class of records refers to the HMSO or Prison Service STationery reference code for the specific type of register or volume.
Level of description
fonds