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Appleby gaol
« on: Thursday 08 March 07 11:37 GMT (UK) »
Can anyone tell me how I go about finding the records of 1841 inmates of Appleby gaol? I have tried a couple of 'channels' via Kendal, but alas they don't either reply or they just give general info about Kendal....neither very helpful in my search unless I want to know all about yellow lines at the sides of roads!!!!  :-\  I would like to know the reason for Ellen Bingham's imprisonment....

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Re: Appleby gaol
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 08 March 07 12:18 GMT (UK) »
Try the A2A site (Access to Archives) - see if the prison is mentioned specifically, or try the tack of searching thru Assizes and Quarter sessions for the area to see if the name crops up ...

http://www.a2a.org.uk/

I've also found this Nat Archives quick search useful ...

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search/quick_search.aspx

PS. Was she in prison for the 1841 census date ?
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Re: Appleby gaol
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 08 March 07 23:59 GMT (UK) »
Thanx Newfy. I'll have a look.  :o

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Re: Appleby gaol
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 29 August 07 21:26 BST (UK) »
Time Team did a dig there a couple of years ago as most of it is now the police station carpark.  There is a Time Team website but I don't know if they have old digs there.  They seemed to have had a lot of information about inmates including one who escaped.   

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Re: Appleby gaol
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 30 August 07 09:19 BST (UK) »
Did your "channels" in Kendal include the Record Office?   They should know who holds the records.
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Re: Appleby gaol
« Reply #5 on: Friday 31 August 07 10:03 BST (UK) »
We now think that although Ellen Bingham is on the prison census, she was not so much an inmate as a live in worker/char lady....

I have had a couple of previous occasions to contact Kendal for various reasons, but sadly I must have either hit upon the odd 'grumpy' or that it is a general policy that they are disinterested in FH and don't think kindly to researchers.... I found that the most helpful place to have dealings with was Norwich..... but perhaps I have just been unlucky with Kendal.  :'(

Thank you to everyone for the help....
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