Kincardineshire Prison Board

This material is held atAberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives (Aberdeenshire)

  • Reference
    • GB 228 KPB
  • Former Reference
    • GB 228 KC/9/1
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1840-1878
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 3 volumes

Scope and Content

Minutes and a letter book of the Prisons Board for the County of Kincardine.

Administrative / Biographical History

Established under "An Act to improve prisons and Prison Discipline in Scotland" (2. and 3. Victoria, cap. 42) which required a Prison Board to be appointed in each County to superintend and manage the county's prisons. The board was to be elected by the Commissioners of Supply.

The Board resolved to unite with Aberdeen County for the purposes of providing a first class prison. Stonehaven Jail (in the County Buildings) was classified a second class prison, and Inverbervie Jail a third class prison (another jail at Laurencekirk was proposed at an early meeting).

A new jail was erected in Inverbervie c. 1841 as part of the Council rooms/hall. Stonehaven jail closed in 1878.

Access Information

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Other Finding Aids

Please see the Aberdeen City & Aberdeenshire Archives catalogue at https://archives.aberdeencity.gov.uk/CalmView/

Archivist's Note

Catalogued by Senior Archivist Katy Kavanagh 2021

Related Material

Please note that a prison register for Stonehaven covering 1848-1877 is held by the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh (see HH21/22/1)