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Leicester Borough Gaol
Leicester County Gaol
Leicester County House

Prisons in the County of Leicester

The County of Leicester

Leicester is an inland Shire, but near the eastern sea; in shape it is hollow towards the north, and running to a peak towards the south, and is 39 miles from north to south, and 38 from east to west.

The Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland
Long Street
Wigston Magna
LEICESTER
LE18 2AH 
Telephone:- U.K. 0116 257 1080
http://www.leics.gov.uk/museums/records.htm 

Her Majesty's Prison, Welford Road, Leicester. 

Prison Staff 1899
Capt. Charles Vere Gunning Governor
Rev. Harry Creswell Pigot Chaplain
Charles Arthur Moore Surgeon
Miss Elizabeth Jackson Matron
John Axworthy Warder Clerk
Timothy Ingham Chief Warder
Benjamin Roberts Store-keeper

 



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