Collectie CLA/003 - HOLLOWAY, HM PRISON

7 linear metres

CLA/003 1869-2009 Collection 7 linear metres Corporation of London
Holloway , HM Prison

Holloway Prison was built by the Corporation of London as the City House of Correction for men and women. It was opened in 1852. The prison was taken over by the government in 1877. It become female only in 1903 and was well known for the imprisonment of suffragettes and for internments during the Second World War.

The prison finally closed in 2016.

Received via Corporation of London Records Office in 2004.

Additional deposits received from the prison in 2016.

Records relating to Holloway Prison, 1869-2009, including administrative, medical, staff records, records of the chaplain, records relating to prisoners' employment. Prisoners' records include registers of prisoners and some files on individual prisoners (Edith Thompson and Styllou Christofi, both executed at Holloway, Helen Kroger, Cynthia Payne and Caroline Richardson). Related documentation includes photographs of the prison and staff, registers relating to predecessor prisons and printed material.

Arranged in sections as follows:

CLA/003/AD: Administration

CLA/003/CP: Chaplain's records

CLA/003/HB: Holloway Borstal

CLA/003/IN: Prisoners' Employment

CLA/003/ME: Medical records

CLA/003/PR: Prisoners' records

CLA/003/ST: Staff records

CLA/003/RD: Related Documentation

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Copyright rests with the depositor.
English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For Corporation of London records relating to prisons see: CLA/028: Wood Street Compter, CLA/029: Giltspur Street Compter, CLA/030: Poultry Compter, CLA/031: Southwark Compter, CLA/032: Prisons and Compters, CLA/033: Ludgate Prison, CLA/034: Whitecross Street Prison, CLA/035: Newgate Prison, COL/CA/PCA: Court of Aldermen Prisons Committee, COL/CC/FNG: Court of Common Council Gaol Expenses and Finance Committee, COL/CC/MIN: Court of Common Council Committees includes material relating to gaols and compters, COL/CC/NGC: Court of Common Council Newgate Gaol Committee, COL/CC/PCC: Court of Common Council Prisons Committee, COL/PL: Plans, including plans of prisons and compters.

The National Archives holds papers relating to the management and administration of Holloway Prison (see PCOM: Prison Commission and Home Office Prison Department) and papers on the use of Holloway Prison as a prisoner of war camp during the Second World War (see HO: Home Office, Ministry of Home Security, and related bodies).

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Received via Corporation of London Records Office in 2004.

Additional deposits received from the prison in 2016.

Records relating to Holloway Prison, 1869-2009, including administrative, medical, staff records, records of the chaplain, records relating to prisoners' employment. Prisoners' records include registers of prisoners and some files on individual prisoners (Edith Thompson and Styllou Christofi, both executed at Holloway, Helen Kroger, Cynthia Payne and Caroline Richardson). Related documentation includes photographs of the prison and staff, registers relating to predecessor prisons and printed material.

Arranged in sections as follows:

CLA/003/AD: Administration

CLA/003/CP: Chaplain's records

CLA/003/HB: Holloway Borstal

CLA/003/IN: Prisoners' Employment

CLA/003/ME: Medical records

CLA/003/PR: Prisoners' records

CLA/003/ST: Staff records

CLA/003/RD: Related Documentation

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Copyright rests with the depositor.

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English

For Corporation of London records relating to prisons see: CLA/028: Wood Street Compter, CLA/029: Giltspur Street Compter, CLA/030: Poultry Compter, CLA/031: Southwark Compter, CLA/032: Prisons and Compters, CLA/033: Ludgate Prison, CLA/034: Whitecross Street Prison, CLA/035: Newgate Prison, COL/CA/PCA: Court of Aldermen Prisons Committee, COL/CC/FNG: Court of Common Council Gaol Expenses and Finance Committee, COL/CC/MIN: Court of Common Council Committees includes material relating to gaols and compters, COL/CC/NGC: Court of Common Council Newgate Gaol Committee, COL/CC/PCC: Court of Common Council Prisons Committee, COL/PL: Plans, including plans of prisons and compters.

The National Archives holds papers relating to the management and administration of Holloway Prison (see PCOM: Prison Commission and Home Office Prison Department) and papers on the use of Holloway Prison as a prisoner of war camp during the Second World War (see HO: Home Office, Ministry of Home Security, and related bodies).

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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