Reading Gaol

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Date:	1730-1870
Places:	Reading, Berkshire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (local) > Gaols, prisons and prison boards
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C29220 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O72820 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1730: calendar of prisoners	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library	Osborn Lee 21(25)	See Baker, English legal MSS in USA, 1408
2	1787-1801: reports of visiting justices	Royal Berkshire Archives	D/EX 1452	NRA 3501 Berks RO misc
3	1823-70: papers rel to the building of Reading Gaol	Royal Berkshire Archives	D/EX 343	NRA 3501 Berks RO misc