Durham Prison
Reference: P/ Catalogue Title: Durham Prison Area: Catalogue Category: Public Records Description: Prisoners' and Officers' records, prison governance, plans
Covering Dates: 1872-2009
Access: Access to prison plans and Medical Officer's journals is restricted for 100 years.
Access to prisoners' and prison officers' records is restricted for 85 years.
Catalogue Index
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- Durham Prison
- Durham Prison (Ref: P/)
- Prison Officers (Ref: P/)
- Registers of Officers (Form 288) (Ref: P/13/)
- Registers of Officers (Form 288), Newcastle (Ref: P/13/1)
- Registers of Officers (Form 288), Durham (Ref: P/13/2-7)
- Prison governance (Ref: P/)
- Board of Visitors (Ref: P/)
- Visiting Committee Minutes, Durham (Ref: P/9/1-12)
- Board of Visitors (Girls' Borstal) Minute Book, Durham (Ref: P/10/1)
- Board of Visitors observations (Ref: P/19/1-6)
- Board of Visitors applications and actions (Ref: P/20/1-5)
- Visiting Committee attendance (Ref: P/22/)
- Correspondence (Ref: P/23/)
- Governors' Journals (Form 305), Durham (Ref: P/12/1-10)
- Prison Rules and Orders (Ref: P/17/1-2)
- Inspections' Minute Book, Durham (Ref: P/17/3)
- Medical Officer's Journals [no. 187] (Ref: P/18/1-4)
- Records of Prisoners (Ref: P/)
- Nominal Register - Male (Form 29), Durham (Ref: P/1/1)
- Nominal Registers - Male (Form 29), Newcastle (Ref: P/1/2-14)
- Nominal Registers - Male (Form 29), Durham (Ref: P/1/15-62)
- Nominal Registers - Female (Form 29), Newcastle (Ref: P/2/1-5)
- Nominal Registers - Female (Form 29), Durham (Ref: P/2/6-13)
- Nominal Registers - Male (Form 29), Carlisle (Ref: P/3/1-3)
- Nominal Registers - Female (Form 29), Carlisle (Ref: P/4/1-2)
- Nominal Register - Borstal Girls (Form 894), Durham (Ref: P/5/1)
- Indexes to Prisoners' Names - Male (Form 32), Durham (Ref: P/6/1-12)
- Indexes to Prisoner's names - Female (Form 32), Durham (Ref: P/7/1-3)
- Indexes to Prisoners' names - Male and Female (Form 32), Carlisle (Ref: P/8/1-2)
- Registers of Convictions (Form 11), Carlisle (Ref: P/11/1-2)
- Calendars of prisoners (Ref: P/16/1-9)
- Register of deaths (Ref: P/17/4)
- Register of habitual criminals (Ref: P/17/5)
- Registers of prisoners in restraint and special cell (Ref: P/21/)
- Prison plans (Ref: P/15/1-189)
- Prison interiors (Ref: P/15/1-61)
- Officers' facilities and houses (Ref: P/15/62-85)
- Prison facilities outside the wall (Ref: P/15/86-88)
- Site plans (Ref: P/15/89-96)
- Tithe barn (Ref: P/15/97-99)
- 'A' Wing (Ref: P/15/100-107)
- 'B' Wing (Ref: P/15/108)
- 'B' and 'C' Wings (Ref: P/15/109-127)
- 'D' Wing (Ref: P/15/120-127)
- 'F' Wing (Ref: P/15/128-144)
- 'F' and 'H' Wings (Ref: P/15/145-153)
- 'H' Wing (Ref: P/15/154-165)
- 'I' Wing (Ref: P/15/166-170)
- Hospital (Ref: P/15/171)
- Chapel (Ref: P/15/172-179)
- Administration Block (Ref: P/15/180)
- Gatehouse Block (Ref: P/15/181-184)
- Officers' Mess (Ref: P/15/185-186)
- Site Plans (Ref: P/15/187-188)
- Other plans (Ref: P/15/189)
- Miscellaneous (Ref: P/17/1-18)
- The Bulletin (Ref: P/17/6)
- Governor's Briefing (Ref: P/17/7-13)
- Other publications (Ref: P/17/14-18)
Catalogue Description
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Applications are complaints and requests made by inmates.
Ref: P/20/1Daily record of occurrences, duties performed, observations
Ref: P/18/1For more prison plans see: CC/Arch
Access to prison plans is restricted for 100 years