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Springfield Goal Essex
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JackieinEssex | Report | 24 Mar 2008 22:33 |
Its a small world. who knows it may be true!!! |
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Benjamin | Report | 24 Mar 2008 21:38 |
Hi Jacqui |
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JackieinEssex | Report | 24 Mar 2008 21:30 |
Hi Ben |
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Benjamin | Report | 24 Mar 2008 19:27 |
If he'd have commited that crime just 5 years before in 1866, he'd have been sent to Australia. I think the last convicts were taken there in 1868. My family say it was just poaching but to make it more exciting I still class it as theft. |
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Alison | Report | 24 Mar 2008 19:23 |
Have you tried Blacksheepancestors.com? I've just been on and can't find Chelmsford Prison but it's got court records etc on it for the UK as well. |
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Benjamin | Report | 24 Mar 2008 17:31 |
Hi |
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ann | Report | 24 Mar 2008 17:29 |
There still is a prison in Springfield Rd Chelmsford.Could you not ring them and ask about any archives? Annie |
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JackieinEssex | Report | 24 Mar 2008 16:13 |
I have thought about newspapers for the area but as I don't know when between 1865 - 1871 he was admitted it is going to be a wide search. I have had previous success with coroners reports but had a much clearere idea of the time scales. |
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JackieinEssex | Report | 24 Mar 2008 16:09 |
My Vale family come from the Hornchurch and Romford area of Essex. |
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Willow | Report | 24 Mar 2008 15:12 |
Hi |
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JackieinEssex | Report | 24 Mar 2008 14:55 |
Can anyone help me? I discovered some time ago my great great grandfather James David Vale 1847 - 1931 on the 1871 census as being a prisoner in Springfield Gaol Chelmsford Essex. In the 1861 census he was living at home in Romford Essex and in 1865 he married at Romford. I have searched the Essex quarter assizes at Essex record office but have not been able to find why he was convicted. He was back home at Well Yard Romford by 1991 but I have not been able to find him on the 1881 census although his wife is at Well Yard with an entry of 'husband absent'. I would love to learn more, can any help??? |
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