The Dorset County Prison

St Peters Parish Dorchester
Taken on the night of 7th/8th April 1861

Transcribed by Michael Russell, OPC for Dorchester & Fordington - January 2020
(RG9/1353 - 122 Records)

Given Name Surname Relation Condition Age Occupation Born - Town County/Country County/Country
James Vandyk Lawrence Governor Married 51 Govenor of Prison London Middlesex Folio 102 Image 2
Mary Ann Lawrence Wife Married 52 Matron of Prison Ingatestone Essex  
Elizabeth Lawrence Aunt Unmarried 70   Peckham Essex  
Elizabeth Newton Niece Unmarried 28   London Middlesex  
Jane Mary Day Visitor Widow 69   Bury St Edmunds Suffolk  
Agnes Bull Visitor Unmarried 23   London Middlesex  
Ann Harris   Widow 65 Domestic Servant Ingatestone Essex  
Jane Eldridge   Widow 63 Domestic Servant London Middlesex  
Elizabeth Scammell   Unmarried 17 Domestic Servant Devizes Wiltshire  
George Bowring Warder Married 50 Gamekeeper Martinstown [Winterborne St Martin] Dorset [Note:- Link to more information about George Bowring (1810-1890)]
Charles Perce Warder Married 48 Millwright Fifehead Dorset  
Henry Wiles? Warder Married 34 Warehouseman Fordington Dorset  
Thomas Adams Warder Married 37 Shoemaker Cerne Abbas Dorset  
William Legg Warder Married 35 Groom Affpuddle Dorset  
Robert Jeal Night Guard Married 40 Masons Labourer Upway Dorset  
William Curtis Reynold Deputy Governor Married 60 Miller Dorchester Dorset  
Mary Ann Reynold Wife of Governor Married 66   London Middlesex  
C B Reynold Son of Governor Unmarried 30 Machinist Dorchester Dorset  
Mary Ann Reynold Daughter of Governor Unmarried 27 Draper's Assistant Dorchester Dorset  
Harriet Bazell Warder Widow 49 Schoolmistress Minterne Dorset Page 3 Folio 103 Image 3
Rachel Virtue Barnes Warder Unmarried 43 Dressmaker Tarrant Monkton Dorset  
M ??L Prisoner Unmarried 22 Domestic Servant Burford Wiltshire  
E D Prisoner Married 24 Farm Servant Tenterden Kent  
S S Prisoner Unmarried 19 Domestic Servant Southampton Hampshire  
P R Prisoner Unmarried 22 Glover Bridport Dorset  
L V Prisoner Unmarried 15 Domestic Servant Blandford Dorset  
M T Prisoner Unmarried 19 Field Labourer Sudbury Somerset  
A H Prisoner Unmarried 16 Domestic Servant Wimborne Dorset  
E W Prisoner Unmarried 27 Field Labourer Wyke [Regis] Dorset  
C P Prisoner Widow 30 Hawker Warminster Wiltshire  
S R Prisoner Married 41 Laundress Weymouth Dorset  
E C Prisoner Unmarried 27 Laundress Purbeck Dorset  
E P Prisoner Married 44 Beer House Keeper West Allington Dorset  
E J H Prisoner Unmarried 17 Domestic Servant Blandford Dorset  
E H Prisoner Unmarried 26 Domestic Servant Hinton St George Somerset  
M A C Prisoner Married 21   Wareham Dorset  
M A V Prisoner Married 47 Field Labourer Gillingham Dorset  
E G Prisoner Unmarried 17 Carter Fordington Dorset  
J P Prisoner Married 22 Cabinet Maker Sandford Somerset Reverse of Folio 103 - Image 4
V B Prisoner Unmarried 35 Seaman   Belgium  
D C Prisoner Married 47 Field Labourer Corfe Mullen Dorset  
L F Prisoner Unmarried 21 Field Labourer Christchurch Hampshire  
T O B Prisoner Unmarried 20 Seaman   Ireland  
J W Prisoner Married 30 Field Labourer Langham Dorset  
R R B Prisoner Married 24 Field Labourer Langton Dorset  
J R Prisoner Married 28 Field Labourer Winfrith Dorset  
R W Prisoner Unmarried 22 Shoemaker Penzance Cornwall  
J L Prisoner Unmarried 23 Plumber's Labourer Shoreham Sussex  
W H Prisoner Married 41 Field Labourer Cranborne Dorset  
W R Prisoner Unmarried 20 Seaman Chigwell Essex  
C G Prisoner Unmarried 19 Thatcher Evershot Dorset  
R M Prisoner Unmarried 21 Seaman   Scotland  
T M Prisoner Unmarried 16 Seaman   Ireland  
R B Prisoner Married 35 Carter Corfe Mullen Dorset  
M S Prisoner Unmarried 22 Seaman   Scotland  
J S Prisoner Unmarried 22 Seaman   Scotland  
H S Prisoner Unmarried 26 Seaman Weymouth Dorset  
J R Prisoner Widower 35 Boiler Maker London Middlesex  
W H Prisoner Unmarried 29 Farm Servant Wimborne Dorset  
G A Prisoner Unmarried 16 Farm Servant Shaftesbury Dorset  
W N Prisoner Unmarried 23 Seaman Emsworth Hampshire  
T J Prisoner Unmarried 21 Seaman   Scotland  
P J Prisoner Unmarried 30 Seaman London Middlesex  
G W Prisoner Married 28 Shoemaker Brighton Sussex Page 7 Folio 104 image 5
J W Prisoner Widower 58 Fisherman Langton Dorset  
E W Prisoner Unmarried 20 Farm Servant Wimborne Dorset  
H G Prisoner Unmarried 18 Botanist London Middlesex  
H C Prisoner Unmarried 20 Seaman Greenwich Kent  
T P Prisoner Unmarried 28 Seaman   West Indies  
J N Prisoner Unmarried 19 Blast Furnace Worker Sedgley Staffordshire  
J H Prisoner Unmarried 26 Seaman   Ireland  
L P Prisoner Married 32 Carter on Farm Haselbury Dorset  
R C Prisoner Unmarried 42 Horse Dealer Chellsfield Kent  
J L Prisoner Unmarried 24 Seaman   Scotland  
O W Prisoner Unmarried 19 Farm Servant Haselbury Dorset  
W W Prisoner Unmarried 23 Seaman Knaresborough Yorkshire  
J P Prisoner Unmarried 21 Farm Servant Shaftesbury Dorset  
G P Prisoner Unmarried 24 Seaman Angmering Sussex  
J H Prisoner Unmarried 36 Seaman Belchalwell Dorset  
P B Prisoner Married 37 Farm Servant Hinton Somerset  
J R Prisoner Unmarried 33 Ship Steward   West Indies  
J L Prisoner Unmarried 35 Blacksmith Wednesbury Staffordshire  
D B Prisoner Married 48 Farm Servant Hilfield Dorset  
B M Prisoner Unmarried 17 Farm Servant Weymouth Dorset  
D H Prisoner Unmarried 24 Sail Maker Bridgeport Suffolk  
J H Prisoner Unmarried 26 Farm Servant Wimborne Dorset  
G C Prisoner Married 28 Farm Servant Wincanton Somerset  
W G Prisoner Unmarried 28 Farm Servant Sherborne Dorset  
G N Prisoner Unmarried 17 Mason's Labourer Sherborne Dorset Page 8 (Reverse of Folio 104) Image 6
C T Prisoner Unmarried 19 Mason's Labourer Melcombe Regis Dorset  
J C Prisoner Unmarried 22 Farm Servant Yeovil Somerset  
W E Prisoner Unmarried 19 Mason's Labourer Muntford Somerset  
G P Prisoner Married 22 Butcher Cerne Abbas Dorset  
G G Prisoner Unmarried 33 Hurdle Maker Powerstock Dorset  
W B Prisoner Unmarried 16 Farm Servant Halstack Dorset  
G W Prisoner Unmarried 26 Farm Servant Beaminster Dorset  
J S Prisoner Unmarried 13 Farm Servant Broadwinsor Dorset  
J S Prisoner Unmarried 22 Farm Servant Shillingstone Dorset  
A R Prisoner Unmarried 22 Seaman   Scotland  
M T Prisoner Unmarried 21 Man Cook Horton Dorset  
A G Prisoner Unmarried 27 Seaman Halifax Yorkshire  
S T Prisoner Unmarried 28 Seaman Axmouth Devon  
S G Prisoner Unmarried 21 Seaman Upton Devon  
E T Prisoner Married 27 Engine Man Penton Lincolnshire  
T I Prisoner Unmarried 24 Butcher London Middlesex  
J L Prisoner Married 40 Farm Servant Sherborne Dorset  
W H Prisoner Widower 57 Carpenter Horton Dorset  
J T Prisoner Unmarried 26 Painter Charminster Dorset  
E H Prisoner Unmarried 56 Chairmaker Wimborne Dorset  
D L Prisoner Widower 43 Farm Servant Beaminster Dorset  
G P Prisoner Unmarried 28 Farm Servant Weymouth Dorset  
A R Prisoner Widower 74 Farm Servant Gillingham Dorset  
H H Prisoner Married 37 Miller Poole Dorset  
W J Prisoner Unmarried 19 Butcher Evershot Dorset Page 9 Image 7
W S Prisoner Unmarried 21 Gas Fitter Liverpool Lancashire  
A Y Prisoner Married 25 Ship Carpenter Isle of Wight Hampshire  
H B Prisoner Unmarried 53 Seaman   United States  
J W Prisoner Married 28 Horse Dealer Plymouth Devon  
H R Prisoner Married 22 Seaman   United States  
A W Prisoner Unmarried 29 Thatcher Haselbury Dorset  
William Edwards Debtor Widower 79 Gentleman Yeovil Somerset  
Daniel Crumpler Debtor Married 25 Blacksmith Lytchett Dorset  

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