Evidence: | Sundays at Coldbath Fields Prison, only half the prisoners can attend chapel at one time:
'Those who are left behind are not, however, allowed to remain without religious instruction. Three men in each yard have been appointed by the chaplain to read aloud to their fellow prisoners, and each relieves the other every half hour. The book for Sunday's reading is issued by the chaplain. It is of a purely religious character, and is usually "The Penny Sunday Reader", containing short sermons. Tracts are also distributed in the different yards, so that those who prefer reading to themselves, instead of listening to what is being read aloud, may do so.' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1860 and 31 Dec 1862 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | morning afternoon daytime: Sundays |
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Place: | city: London specific address: Coldbath Fields Prison other location: in the prison yards |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reading Group: | prisoners at Coldbath Fields |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | prisoners |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
prisoners |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [n/a] |
Title: | The Penny Sunday Reader |
Genre: | Sermon, Other religious |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (institution library) |
Record ID: | 12429 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Henry Mayhew | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Criminal Prisons of London | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1862 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 322 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Henry Mayhew, The Criminal Prisons of London (London, 1862), p. 322, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12429, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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