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Police History Society

The Police History Society was founded in 1985 and now has over 350 members world-wide, although most are in the U.K. They include serving and retired members of police forces, academics, librarians, writers, police forces and police related museums and people from many occupations who have an interest in police history.

Police History Society | People's Collection

North Eastern Police History Society. The history of policing in the North East of England including Northumberland and Durham; and Middlesbrough in the North Riding of Yorkshire.

Police Roll of Honour Trust

In remembrance of those police officers of the United Kingdom who have lost their lives in the line of duty.

Police Service of Northern Ireland - Police Museum

Portland Convict Prison, 1891 Index of Prisoners, Surnames A - K

Dorset, England.

Portland Convict Prison, 1891 Index of Prisoners, Surnames L - Z

Dorset, England.

Portland Convict Prison, 1901 Index of Prisoners, Surnames A - K

Dorset, England.

Portland Convict Prison, 1901 Index of Prisoners, Surnames L - Z

Dorset, England.

Prisons in Herefordshire

England.

PRISONS-UK Mailing List (Archived on RootsWeb)

For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in British prisons and prisoners.

Rossbret UK Institutions

Information on asylums, almshouses, prisons, hospitals, orphanages, workhouses & the Poor Law.
[The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

Scottish Borders Prison Search - Graham Maxwell Ancestry - Free Prison Search

Free prison index for the Scottish Borders, covering Selkirkshire, Peeblesshire, Roxburghshire and Berwickshire.

Sources for Convicts and Prisoners 1100-1986

Research Guide from the National Archives, United Kingdom.

The Black Sheep & Police Index

United Kingdom. The Black Sheep, the Police, & World War II Indexes.
[The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

The Border Reivers Website

Scotland & Northern England.

The Metropolitan Police Service Historical Archives

London, England.

The National Archives | The Catalogue | Full Details | PCOM

Records created or inherited by the Prison Commission and Home Office Prison Department, 1770-1978.

The Royal Irish Constabulary; A Short History and Genealogical Guide with a Select List of Medal Awards and Casualities

A book by Jim Herlihy.

The Ruhleben Story

Genealogical resource aid and project to try and identify the 4,000 British civilian prisoners interned at Ruhleben concentration camp near Berlin in World War One.

The Thin Blue Line

History of the men from the six constituent Sussex Police Forces who fought in the Great War. Includes biographies of some of the men.