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The following offers desciption of Official, Unofficial, & related documents on Jack the Ripper.


MEPO FILES
Desciption of Scotland Yard Files

The Scotland Yard files are available from the Public Records Office.
The following abbreviations apply: cfI, copy flow I; pff, print from film; xrx, xerox; pc, photocopy; f, folio; pg, page.

    MEPO 3/140
    cfI, 380 pgs - case papers of the 11 victims

    MEPO 3/141
    cfI, 106 pgs - petitions: suspects & rewards

    MEPO 3/142
    cfI, 40 pgs - letters signed, 'Jack the Ripper'

    MEPO 3/3153
    pff, 24 pgs - JTR letters, Kelly case, 9-89 body

    MEPO 3/3155
    1 pg - photos of JTR vicitms

    MEPO 2/227
    xrx, 12 pgs - strength & augmentation reports

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HO FILES
Desciption of Home Office Files

The Home Office files are available from the Public Records Office.
All records are in Copy Flow I (cfI) format.
The following abbreviations apply: pg, page.

    HO 144/220/A49301
    50 pgs - suggestions for apprehension

    HO 144/220/A49301.A
    11 items - suspects

    HO 144/220/A49301.B

    304 pgs - offers of reward

    HO 144/221/A49301.C
    306 pgs - reports on efforts to find JTR and news coverage of the inquests per The Times.

    HO 144/221/A49301.D
    102 pgs - despatches from foriegn countries

    HO 144/221/A49301.E
    16 pgs - suggestion of using dogs

    HO 144/221/A49301.F
    5 pgs - report on body in Dorset Street

    HO 144/221/A49301.G
    40 pgs - request for special duty pay

    HO 144/221/A49301.H
    14 pgs - Poplar Street murder

    HO 144/221/A49301.I
    10 pgs - Castle Alley Murder

    - there is no 'J' file -

    HO 144/221/A49301.K
    8 pgs - Pinchin Street murder

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INQUEST RECORDS
Desciption of inquest transcripts (extent and non-extent)

The following abbreviations apply: pg, page; xrx, xerox.

    Tabram Inquest Records
    no longer existing
    The inquest dates are: 9 Aug 88 & 23 Aug 88.
    (Press reports from The Times can be found in HO 144/221/A49301C.)

    Nichols Inquest Records
    no longer existing
    The inquest dates are: 1 Sep 88, 3 Sep 88, 17 Sep 88, & 22 Sep 88.
    Press reports from The Times, can be found in HO 144/221/A49301C, f6-10.)

    Chapman Inquest Records
    no longer existing
    The inquest dates are: 10 Sep 88, 12 Sep 88, 13 Sep 88, 19 Sep 88, & 26 Sep 88.
    (Press reports from The Times can be found in HO 144/221/A49301C.)

    Stride Inquest Records
    no longer existing
    The inquest dates are: 1 Oct 88, 2 Oct 88, 3 Oct 88, 5 Oct 88, & 23 Oct 88.
    (Press reports from The Times can be found in HO 144/221/A49301C.)

    Eddowes Inquest Records
    xrx, 57 pgs, Corporation of London Record Office
    The inquest dates are: 4 Oct 88 & 11 Oct 88.
    (Press reports from The Times can be found in HO 144/221/A49301C.)

    Kelly Inquest Records
    xrx, 37 pgs, Greater London Record Office
    The inquest date is: 12 Nov 88.
    (Press reports from The Daily Telegraph can be found in MEPO 3/140, f224-226.>br>

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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
Desciption of inquest transcripts (extent and non-extent)

The following abbreviations apply: pff, print from film; xrx, xerox.

    Source Sheet No. 21 (JTR)
    xrx, 2 pgs, MEPO/HO files described, Public Records Office

    Information Sheet 1: Jack the Ripper
    City of London Records

    Maps of Whitechapel

      G. Bacon's 'New Large-Scale Ordnance Atlas of London and Suburbs' (1888)
      The British Library (Map Library), London
        Whitechapel - Sheet 17
        (11"x17" xrx; does not include Mitre Square or Dorset Street.)
        Bishopsgate - no Sheet number
        (8-1/2"x11" pff; includes Mitre Square and most of Dorset Street.)
        Stepney/Bow - Sheet 18
        (11"x17" xrx; includes Mile End Road area and Limehouse district.)

      Old Ordnance Survey Maps
      Alan Godfrey Maps
        Whitechapel, Spitalfields & The bank - London Sheet 63
        (1873 & 1894 versions available.)
        Bank & The City - London Large Scale Plan Sheet 7.66
        (1873 available.)
        Aldgate - London Large Sclae Plan Sheet 7.67
        (This "edition" covers 1873 & 1894.)
        Shoreditch - London Sheet 51
        (This "edition" covers 1893.)

    Weather Records
    Meteorological Office
    Bracknell, Berkshire, UK
      Two sets of weather records are available: Official & Unofficial. The official records were recorded at Camden Square, North West of Whitechapel, and the unofficial records were recorded by the Royal Meteorological Society at St Lukes.

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Many THANKS to the people who have contributed to this page:
HO Folio No.s for inquest records - Courtesy of Alex Chisholm.


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