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Q - Derbyshire County Quarter Sessions - 1558-1971

A - Derbyshire Quarter Sessions Court: Administration - 1660-1978

AB - Quarter Sessions (Administration): Records relating to gaols and lock-ups - 1660-1930

1 - County Gaol, Houses of Correction and Lock-ups - [17th cent]-1869

1 - Bundle labelled in late 19th century hand 'Box X 2' containing reports and presentments - 1788-1822

2 - Card headed 'State of Prisoners' in County Gaol Derby 7 April 1835 - 1835

3 - Bundle containing nominal returns of prisoners in the County Gaol

4 - Gaol reports - 1834-1869

5 - Bundles containing visiting justices quarterly reports on the county gaol and house of correction - 1833-1859

6 - File labelled X 1 and containing the following items, 17th cent and undated - 17th cent

1 - Petition from inhabitants of Ashbourne etc - [1660]

2 - Petition of gentlemen, freeholders and inhabitants of Wirksworth Wapentake for the restoration of Richard Wheatcroft Master of the House of Correction at Wirksworth - [late 17th cent]

3 - Petition from inhabitants of Wirksworth town as Q/AB/1/6/2, saying that because of the decay of the mines, workhouses are being erected and a manufacture being established to employ the poor but they need the house of correction to be continued - [late 17th cent]

4 - Petition of Samuel Elliott of the Borough of Chesterfield to be Master of Keeper of the house of correction in the Borough in place of Joshua Needham now too old to exercise the office

7 - Bundle of visiting justices quarterly reports - 1860-1869

8 - Governors quarterly reports and returns of prisoners - 1840-1869

9 - Envelope marked Box X 7A and containing reports of the surgeon to the County Gaol - 1834-1869

10 - Abstracts of expenditure at the County Prison, 1835, 1839-1868 - 1835-1868

11 - Bundle consisting of direction to supply to the house of correction an account of expenses issued in building, repairing, fitting and furnishing gaols and houses of correction since 1800, 23 Mar; returns and accounts relating to the County Gaol and the houses of correction at Ashbourne, Chesterfield, Tideswell and Wirksworth. (Marked Box X 3)

12 - Bundle labelled Box X 9 Reports of the Reformatory Committee, undated and 1858-1862 - 1858-1862

13 - Rules and Regulations prescribed by the Act of 4 George IV c.64 and to be observed in prisons in the County - Michaelmas 1823

14 - Additional Rules and Regulations for the government of the prisons Epiphany - 1824

15 - Proposals for building work to be done at the County Gaol in Derby to increase security, and estimate of cost, John Welch - 8 Jul 1817

16 - Statement of allowances made to Richard Eaton as keeper of the County Gaol and house of correction, with Mr Eaton's suggestions

17 - Report of the Committee relating to the appointment of officers and classification of prisoners in the new gaol and house of correction - 1827

18 - Order for appropriation of the new prisons at Derby, the classification of the prisoners and their removal from the present gaol and house of correction - 1827

19 - Report from the Committee for the sale of the old gaol - 1828

20 - Report of Committee to consider and report on the practicality of receiving the town prisoners into the County Gaol

21 - Report from Richard Eaton on the rules observed in the management of the prisoners in the house of correction - 1821

22 - Visiting magistrates report - 1822

23-25 - Loose labels for reports of select Committee and miscellaneous papers 1821-1849 - [late 19th cent]

26 - Bundle, report of select committee and miscellaneous papers - 1855-1859

27 - Report of visiting justices - [19th cent]

28 - Bundle of miscellaneous papers including list of debtors 1828-1829, proposals for agreement between the justices and the Municipal Council of Derby for maintenance of borough prisoners in the gaol and house of correction 1836 and report on heating and ventilation of the gaol 1838 - 1828-1839

29 - Note of delivery of copy of an order to Richard Eaton keeper of the gaol and house of correction - 1827

30 - Loose labels for reports of select Committee and miscellaneous papers - 1821-1859

31 - Bundle including minutes of the visiting justices and associated papers 1842, recommendations for provision of lock-ups at named places with plan, 1843, recommendations regarding lock-up houses 1849 - 1840-1849

2 - County Gaol - 1781-1930

3 - Returns of Lock-ups - 1790

UL - Quarter Sessions (Administration): Records relating to gaols and lock-ups: unlisted material - 18th-19th cent

AD - Quarter Sessions (Administration): Militia records (index available to download) - 1762-1877

AF - Quarter Sessions (Administration): Finance (inquest indices available to download) - 1754-1869

AG - Quarter Sessions (Administration): Mill apprenticeship records (index available to download) - 1802-1841

AH - Quarter Sessions (Administration): Highways and Bridges - 1648-1978

AL - Quarter Sessions (Administration): 'Lunacy' records (index available to download) - 1828-1937

AM - Quarter Sessions (Administration): Various functions carried out by the court (index available to download) - 1744-1955

AN - Quarter Sessions (Administration): Enrolment of volunteers to the Navy and Army (index available to download) - 1795-1797

AR - Quarter Sessions (Administration): Printed reference materials - 1731-1817

AS - Letters not Used

AT - Quarter Sessions (Administration): Transportation of felons - 1720-1772

J - Derbyshire Quarter Sessions Court: Justices of the Peace - 1711-1907

JP - Quarter Sessions (Justice): Records relating to Justices of the Peace - 1711-1907

M - Derbyshire Quarter Sessions Court: Miscellaneous - 1828-1951

MP - Quarter Sessions (Miscellaneous): Derby Division Petty Sessions - 1828-1951

R - Derbyshire Quarter Sessions Court: Enrolment, registration and deposit - 1683-1922

RA - Quarter Sessions (registration): Licensed/registered tradesmen - 1746-1827

RD - Quarter Sessions (registration): Militia - 1762-1880

RE - Quarter Sessions (registration): Parliamentary elections - 1768-1918

RG - Quarter Sessions (registration): Poor rate returns - 1801-1817

RI - Quarter Sessions (registration): Enclosure maps and awards - 18th-19th cent

RJ - Quarter Sessions (registration): Jury service (index available to download) - 1702-1922

RM - Quarter Sessions (registration): Assorted records (transcript/index available to download) - 1795-1849

RP - Quarter Sessions (registration): Deposited Plans - 1729-1963

RR - Quarter Sessions (registration): Religion and State Security - 1683-1854

RS - Quarter Sessions (registration): Charities, Societies, Printing Presses, etc. - 1799-1875

RT - Quarter Sessions (registration): Turnpike Accounts - 1822-1876

RV - Quarter Sessions (registration): Vagrant Passes and Settlement Examinations - 1649-1879

S - Derbyshire Quarter Sessions Court in Session - 1558-1971

SB - Quarter Sessions (sessional records): Court bundles (indexes available to download) - 1558-1971

SC - Quarter Sessions Court (sessional records): poor rate valuations and assessments - 1729-1836

SD - Quarter Sessions (sessional records): Tithes, particularly corn rents - 1801-1958

SM - Quarter Sessions (sessional records): Minutes - 1711-1888

SO - Order Books and associated documents - 1682-1971

SP - Calendars of Prisoners - 1729-1971

SS - Quarter Sessions (sessional records): Coroners' inquests - 1877-1890

UL - Derbyshire Quarter Sessions Court: Unlisted records - 17th-20th cent

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