A general wood and trees theme will run through the material presented during the weekend, with premiers of specially commissioned works based on real happenings in Bedfordshire. This year these will be drawn from real life crimes involving prisoners at Bedford Gaol in the 19th century. The registers of these prisoners are availalbe at the Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service. For more details of the Service visit their website www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/archive
and to search their interactive index of over 23000 prisoners in the County Gaol from 1801-1876, click on Related Links 'Search the 19th Century Bedford Gaol Rec' or go direct to http://apps.bedfordshire.gov.uk/grd/ |