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COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS (MIDDLESEX)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/310

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS (MIDDLESEX)

Date(s): 1832

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 production unit.

Name of creator(s): Middlesex Quarter Sessions of the Peace

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Middlesex House of Correction, known as Cold Bath Fields Prison, was constructed in 1794 in an area near Clerkenwell which was known for its cold springs. The prison was notorious for its severity. The site is now occupied by the Royal Mail Mount Pleasant Sorting Office.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Calendar of gaol delivery for the Middlesex House of Correction, known as Cold Bath Fields Prison, 1832.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

One item.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Gaol calendars | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Gaol delivery | Legal procedure | Administration of justice
Prisons | Penal sanctions | Administration of justice
Quarter sessions | Courts | Administration of justice
Penal institutions

Personal names

Corporate names
Middlesex Quarter Sessions of the Peace

Places
Clerkenwell | Islington | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Middlesex | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe