Go Further

Eight more sites that can help family historians

AYLESBURY GAOL

w bit.ly/aylesbury-gaol

The Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies’ site has a database of prisoners entering Aylesbury Gaol in the 1870s drawn from receiving books.

BATH ANCESTORS

w bathancestors.org.uk

The information on this database is taken from sources such as quarter session minutes, police photo books and house of correction records.

INVERARAY JAIL

w inverarayjail.co.uk/our-history

You can search a database of records of more than 4,000 former prisoners at this website.

LANCASTER CASTLE

w lancastercastle.com

This site has information about the castle’s history as a place of punishment, as well as a database of inmates tried at Lancaster Assizes.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE OLD BAILEY

w oldbaileyonline.org

This fascinating free database details 197,745 criminal trials held at London’s central criminal court from 1674 to 1913. You can search by various fields, including punishment.

SCOTTISH CRIME

w nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/

crime-and-criminals

This is the concise National Records of Scotland guide to crime and criminality in Scotland.

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? MAGAZINE

w whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/

blog/scottish-criminal-ancestors

Don’t miss this useful guide to online resources for tracing your incarcerated Scottish ancestors.

YORK CASTLE PRISON

w yorkcastleprison.org.uk/family-history.html Many old gaols are now heritage attractions, including York Castle Prison. On its website you can search a database of 5,000 former inmates.