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                  Prison Records – County Prison Board minutes

                  The records of most county prison boards appear to have been lost in a fire in the offices of the Prison Commission for Scotland. The minutes and some accounts survive in the following archive services:

                  • Forfarshire County Prison Board 1840-1865 (Angus Archives, ACC 1/5/1)
                  • Kinross County Prison Board 1840-1878 (Perth & Kinross Archive, CC2/1/4/1-2, CC2/PB)
                  • Lanark County Prison Board 1845-1857 (National Records of Scotland, HH12/5)
                  • Orkney & Shetland Prison Board 1840-1868 (National Records of Scotland, HH12/3)
                  • Perth County Prison Board 1840-1878 (Perth & Kinross Archives, CC1/1/3/1B-7)
                  • Renfrew County Prison Board 1861-1870 (National Records of Scotland, HH12/15)