Crime and Punishment
Collections recording crime and punishment are some of the largest held at Northumberland Archives. These archives have built up over many years. Examples here include Quarter Sessions court, prison and police records, as well as documents from Netherton Reformatory for boys.
Below are a series of learning resources created from documents held at Northumberland Archives. They include suggested activities for a range of subjects including STEM, arts and humanities.
Resources are available to download in Word and PDF format.
Documents
Police wanted poster for Frederick John Brewster, 1882
Suggested age groups: KS2, KS3, KS4, lifelong learners
Wanted poster for a man who stole £70. Includes description of what he looked like and clothes he wore.
Subject areas: History, Literacy, Art, Maths
Police wanted poster for Benjamin Hepworth, 1897
Suggested age groups: KS2, KS3, KS4, lifelong learners
Poster for man wanted for embezzlement. Includes description of what he looked like and what he wore.
Subject areas: History, Literacy, Maths, Art
Wanted poster for Peter Gentle, 1787
Suggested age groups: KS2, KS3, KS4, lifelong learners
Escapee from Berwick Gaol who was due to be transported.
Subject areas: History, Maths, Literacy, Art
Photographs of Mary Robson and John Nuttall, 1907
Suggested age groups: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, lifelong learners
Photographs of child criminals.
Subject areas: History, Literacy, Art, Maths
Information regarding witchcraft, about 1598-9
Suggested age groups: KS2, KS3, KS4, lifelong learners
Complaint from a couple against a group of women for witchcraft, recorded in the Berwick Bailiff’s Book.
Subject areas: History, Literacy, Geography, Art & Design
Parish register of baptisms, marriages and burials for Newcastle Saint Andrew
Suggested age groups: KS2, KS3, KS4, lifelong learners
List of people executed for witchcraft on the Town Moor.
Subject areas: History, Literacy
Indictment for witchcraft, 1606
Suggested age groups: KS2, KS3, KS4, lifelong learners
Quarter sessions record of a complaint against a woman for witchcraft.
Subject areas: History, Literacy, Language
Indictment to Quarter Sessions—John Jarreel, 1771
Suggested age groups: KS2, KS3, KS4, lifelong learners
Court document of man accused of stealing and sentenced to transportation to America.
Subject areas: History, Literacy, Geography, Art
Indictment to Quarter Sessions—Mary Weir, 1793
Suggested age groups: KS2, KS3, KS4, lifelong learners
Court document of woman accused of stealing and sentenced to transportation to Australia.
Subject areas: History, Literacy, Geography, Art
Report of Reformatory Schools in Great Britain, 1902
Suggested age groups: KS2, KS3, KS4, lifelong learners
National statistics for boys who left reformatory schools.
Subject areas: History, Maths, Citizenship, Art, Design Technology
Admission register entry for Isaac Wilson, 1910
Suggested age groups: KS2, KS3, KS4, lifelong learners
Netherton Reformatory School record for a boy from Newcastle. Includes information about crime and family.
Subject areas: History, Literacy, Geography
Discharge register entry for Isaac Wilson, 1913-19
Suggested age groups: KS2, KS3, KS4, lifelong learners
Netherton Reformatory School record for a boy from Newcastle. Includes information about life after leaving.
Subject areas: History, Literacy, Geography
Photographs of Netherton School Farm, 1934 and about 1950
Suggested age groups: KS2, KS3, KS4, lifelong learners
Work undertaken by boys at reformatory school.
Subject areas: History, Literacy, Art, Technology
Photographs of the wash house at Netherton School, about 1910
Suggested age groups: KS2, KS3, KS4, lifelong learners
Work undertaken by boys at reformatory school.
Subject areas: History, Literacy, Geography
Admission register for Isaac Cohen, 1915
Suggested age groups: KS2, KS3, KS4, lifelong learners
Netherton Reformatory School record for a Jewish boy from Hull. Includes information about crime and family.
Subject areas: History, Literacy, Geography
Discharge register for Isaac Cohen, 1918-21
Suggested age groups: KS2, KS3, KS4, lifelong learners
Netherton Reformatory School record for a Jewish boy from Hull. Includes information about his life after leaving.
Subject areas: History, Literacy, Geography
Plan of Berwick New Gaol, 1844
Suggested age groups: KS2, KS3, KS4, lifelong learners
Floor plans and elevation of new prison to be erected in Berwick.
Subject areas: History, Maths, Citizenship, Art, Design Technology
Dietary for Berwick Gaol, 1849
Suggested age groups: KS2, KS3, KS4, lifelong learners
Table of food to be fed to different categories of prisoners.
Subject areas: History, Citizenship, Maths, Biology, Food Technology
Rules and Orders for Morpeth Gaol, 1811
Suggested age groups: KS2, KS3, KS4, lifelong learners
Table of food to be fed to different categories of prisoners.
Subject areas: History, Citizenship, Maths, Biology, Food Technology
Suggested age groups: KS2, KS3, KS4, lifelong learners
Subject areas: History, Biology, Citizenship, Design Technology, Literacy, Art, Maths
Photographs of stocks at Hexham, about 1900
Suggested age groups: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, lifelong learners
Subject areas: History, Maths, Literacy, Art and Design, Design Technology, Science
Account of the hanging of Margaret Drydon, 1758
Suggested age groups: KS2, KS3, KS4, lifelong learners
A list of the costs involved in hanging a woman in Berwick. Warning: some distressing content
Subject areas: History, Literacy, Citizenship, Maths
The Countess of Buchan—Railway poster by Doris Zinkeisen
Suggested age groups: KS2, KS3, KS4, lifelong learners
1930s image of medieval punishment.
Subject areas: History, Design Technology, Art