Rosalind Crone
Educating the labouring poor in nineteenth-century Suffolk
The Open University
article demonstrates utility new source prison registers history literacy education nineteenthcentury england focuses two sets prison registers two county gaols suffolk located ipswich bury st edmunds contain personal information 16690 individuals period 1840 1878 first article examines context personal information prisoners recorded tests data benchmarks sources prove reliability second article employs two methods statistical analysis digital mapping study depth rich data prisoners literacy schooling finally article shows results analysis significantly revise understanding prevalence schooling among labouring poor use different types schools role partially literate drive towards mass literacy importance lifelong learning