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Prison rules and regulations

Regulations relating to debtors, 1803
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Set of rules for Norfolk county gaol dating from 1803

Regulations of Norfolk gaol, 1819
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Set of regulations for Norfolk county gaol dating from 1819

About rules and regulations

At Norfolk Record Office and the Parliamentary Archives the history detectives investigated the rules governing the running of the prisons in Norwich and how they affected debtors.

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Also in this section

Find out more about the role of Parliament in the wider history of prisons, law and order.

Living Heritage: Law and order

Related information

Find connections, past and present, between Parliament and your town

Parliamentary Archives

Parliamentary Outreach

Meet the history detectives on Flickr