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Bridlington 'Edwin Bell' Reformatory
« on: Monday 23 February 15 00:28 GMT (UK) »
Hi
Just wondering if anyone can send me in the right direction.
From a newspaper clipping I have found that an "Edwin Bell" was sentenced to 10 days imprisonment and 10 years in a reformatory.
It does not state what prison or reformatory.
How can I go about finding his court record to find where he was sent?

Edwin was born in 1843 in Bridlington and he was 10 years old at the time which would make his court appearance around 1853 / 54.

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Re: Bridlington 'Edwin Bell' Reformatory
« Reply #1 on: Monday 23 February 15 11:05 GMT (UK) »
Goodness me there is a photo of him with a family tree and he seems to be in prison an awful lot  :o

Nothing as early as you are looking for though.  Trial date 7 Mar 1861 is the earliest for indecent assault 12 months hard labour.

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Re: Bridlington 'Edwin Bell' Reformatory
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 24 February 15 07:37 GMT (UK) »
Thanks anyway.
I have seen the website and I have all that information and more.

I have trawled through British Newspapers and was able to find one charge of him being committed to Beverley prison at 10 years of age but that particular news clip does not mention the 10 year reformatory.

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Re: Bridlington 'Edwin Bell' Reformatory
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 24 February 15 08:07 GMT (UK) »
Looking at www.childrenshomes.org.uk (a sister site of workhouses.org.uk), and "Types of School", the only reformatories they list in Yorkshire are:

East Riding of Yorkshire

    Yorkshire Roman Catholic Reformatory for Boys / St William's, Market Weighton

North Riding of Yorkshire

    Castle Howard Reformatory, Crambeck Lane, Welburn, Malton

West Riding of Yorkshire

    Calder Farm Reformatory for Boys: Auxiliary Home, Rock House, Duke Street, Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury
    West Riding Girls' Reformatory, Balby Road, Doncaster
    Leeds East Moor Reformatory for Boys, Tile Lane, Adel, Leeds
    Calder Farm Reformatory for Boys, Sands Lane, Mirfield
    Kirkedge Reformatory, Kirk Edge Road, Bradfield, Sheffield
    St Joseph's Home RC Girls' Reformatory / Industrial School, Fulton Road, Howard Hill, Sheffield
    West Riding Refuge and Reformatory for Girls, St John's, Wakefield



Castle Howard would appear to be your best bet? Except it only opened in 1856?! :-\
http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/CastleHowardRfy/
It was run by the 'Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders for the East and North Ridings of the County of York and the Town and County of Kingston upon Hull'.

Maybe the reformatory in question was attached to a workhouse?
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Re: Bridlington 'Edwin Bell' Reformatory
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 24 February 15 08:20 GMT (UK) »
Further information on Reformatories:

In 1851, the first conference on Reformatory and Industrial Schools was held in Birmingham, following which several new voluntary schools were established:

    Kingswood Reformatory at Bristol opened in 1852 by Mary Carpenter and Russell Scott.
    Saltley Reformatory founded in 1852 by Joseph Sturge and Charles Adderley (later Lord Norton).
    Stoke Farm Reformatory established in 1853 by Joseph Sturge.

The Reformatory School Act of 1854 enabled voluntary schools to be certified as efficient by the Inspector of Prisons. Convicted juvenile offenders, under the age of 16, could be granted a pardon on condition that they were committed to a Certified Reformatory School for a period of 2 to 5 years. Those entering reformatories were first required to spend a period of at least fourteen days in prison. Parents of inmates were required to contribute to the cost by a payment of up to 5s. per week. Also in 1854, the first girls' Reformatory School opened in Bristol.
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Re: Bridlington 'Edwin Bell' Reformatory
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 24 February 15 09:29 GMT (UK) »
I would try East Riding Archives, they may hold the court papers.   archives.service@eastriding.gov.uk
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Re: Bridlington 'Edwin Bell' Reformatory
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 24 February 15 19:42 GMT (UK) »
thanks to you both for the info
I have sent an email to the archives

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Re: Bridlington 'Edwin Bell' Reformatory
« Reply #7 on: Monday 30 March 20 14:23 BST (UK) »
Joe from Oz. Visited Bridlington last year after starting family tree research. Edwin was my great- great-great Uncle. He was a naughty boy spending much time incarcerated. His brother Isaac married Sarah Jane Waines in 1861 at Priory Church Bridlington and emigrated to Australia aboard the ship Boanerges in 1862. Isaac was a farm servant at Manor House Bessingby. Are you related? I have more info on their parents and grandparents as well if you want it.

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Re: Bridlington 'Edwin Bell' Reformatory
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 09 April 20 12:03 BST (UK) »
Hey Joe,
So if you are in oz, who are you?
I believe only Isaac had children here.

Great to hear you visited Bridlington, the info you gave me, I have.

Would like to chat more.
Regards
Gina