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This is an email sent via the SHCG List. If you reply to this message, your message will be sent to all the people on the list, not just the author of this message. --------------- I would agree with Steven. Certainly in Calke Abbey, Derbyshire, they locked doors, and had little bells on the window shutters for the servants to listen out for. What an interesting question. We are quite rightly obsessed with home security in cities, and even with locked doors we still fall foul. I do know there was the thought, and still is in some rural places, that if there is nothing worth nicking, leave the doors unlocked and then potential thieves will think there is nothing inside...I will ask around for other opinions on that today! With regards, Michelle Lisa Gayle *Curating Social History at* *Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings* *JW Evans* *Moseley School of Arts and Crafts* On Thu, 13 Jun 2019 at 10:21, Jackson-Smith, Micahla < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > This is an email sent via the SHCG List. If you reply to this message, > your message will be sent to all the people on the list, not just the > author of this message. ------------------------------- > > Hello all, > > > > One of our enquirers asked – Did people lock their doors at night in the > 1820s? Our thoughts are that whilst the door was unlikely to have an > integral lock, there may have been some form of barring. > > > > Does anyone have in their collections, an early 19th century door > belonging to a domestic residence that would corroborate this? > > > > > > Kind regards > > Micahla > > > > > > > > *Micahla Jackson-Smith* > > Curator of Social History (Usual days – alternate Wednesdays and Thursday > & Friday) > > Museum Service > > Lancashire County Council > > T: 01772 534211 > > W: www.lancashire.gov.uk/museums > > > > ------------------------------ > > ******************** > > This e-mail contains information intended for the addressee only. > > It may be confidential and may be the subject of legal and/or professional > privilege. > > If you are not the addressee you are not authorised to disseminate, > distribute, copy or use this e-mail or any attachment to it. > > The content may be personal or contain personal opinions and unless > specifically stated or followed up in writing, the content cannot be taken > to form a contract or to be an expression of the County Council's position. > > Lancashire County Council reserves the right to monitor all incoming and > outgoing email. > > Lancashire County Council has taken reasonable steps to ensure that > outgoing communications do not contain malicious software and it is your > responsibility to carry out any checks on this email before accepting the > email and opening attachments. > > The SHCG list is provided for members of Social History Curators Group to > discuss subjects relevant to social history in museums. To join SHCG visit > www.shcg.org.uk . Opinions expressed in this email are the responsibility > of the author and are not necessarily shared by SHCG. To leave the list do > not reply to this message but send an email to [log in to unmask] > with a blank subject line and these words as the body of the email: SIGNOFF > SHCG-LIST The SHCG list is provided for members of Social History Curators Group to discuss subjects relevant to social history in museums. To join SHCG visit www.shcg.org.uk . Opinions expressed in this email are the responsibility of the author and are not necessarily shared by SHCG. To leave the list do not reply to this message but send an email to [log in to unmask] with a blank subject line and these words as the body of the email: SIGNOFF SHCG-LIST