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MH 12/14018/193 Folio 299. Internal note/memorandum expressing disapproval over the guardians suggestion...
Folio 299. Internal note/memorandum expressing disapproval over the guardians suggestion of paying a gratuity to the relieving officer,[Mitchell Farrington], and questioning their authority to do so. Consideration will be given to an advance in salary. Paper Number: 12280/B/1845. Poor Law Union Number 530. Counties: Worcestershire, Staffordshire and Shropshire.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1845-09-24
- Reference:
- MH 12/14018/193
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MH 12/5968/1/36 Folio 80. Draft letter from the Poor Law Board to Charles Hart, Secretary to the...
Folio 80. Draft letter from the Poor Law Board to Charles Hart, Secretary to the Liverpool Select Vestry. Directed by the Board to transmit for the information of the Liverpool Select Vestry copies of the certificates awarded by the Committee of Council on Education to the School Masters and School Mistresses of Liverpool parish. These certificates set out the estimate of the teachers' qualifications and specify the sums allowed from the Parliamentary Grant for the teachers' salaries for the year ended 25 March 1851. The Board call your attention to the observations on the flyleaf of the certificate awarded to Mrs Grace Halstead, [Mistress of Kirkdale Industrial Union School]. 11537-11546/1851. Poor Law Union Number 220. Counties: Lancashire.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1851-03-14
- Reference:
- MH 12/5968/1/36
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MH 12/9228/192 Folio 341. Letter from John Riley, Auditor of the Basford Poor Law Union, to the...
Folio 341. Letter from John Riley, Auditor of the Basford Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Commission, written at Sidmouth, Devon. He asks them to send a copy of their third report to add to the two volumes already sent. He says if they send it to him in Sidmouth, he will have time, while he is an invalid, to give it more attention. Paper Number: 8527/C/1837. Poor Law Union Number 334. Counties: Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1837-10-13
- Reference:
- MH 12/9228/192
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MH 12/11728/4 Folios 8-10. Circular letter from Harry White, Clerk, Halesworth, to the Bramfield...
Folios 8-10. Circular letter from Harry White, Clerk, Halesworth, to the Bramfield churchwardens and overseers, regarding the Weekly Committee who met at the poor house directing White to send the accompanying 'Answers to Queries' numbered 1,2,5,6,7 and 8 extracted from the 'List of Queries' from the Poor Law Commission. The answers had been approved by the Committee, so to enable the list to be filled in a vestry meeting was called and if approved they would copy the answers onto the list sent by the Commissioners and return promptly. Answers to numbers 5 and 8 are below: 5. The alms house in the parish contained rooms for eight widows despite the donor intending it to accommodate only 4 widows. As the house had 8 rooms and was now inhabited by 8 widows the trustees gave their consent. 8. According to the enclosed return from the poor house nearly 12 persons belonging to the parish had been maintained there for the year ending Lady Day 1834, at an cost of £88 13s 1d very nearly 3s per head. It is unknown what items are charged in the cost of the establishment so it has not been included in the average. Poor Law Union Number 432. Counties: Suffolk.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1834-09-16
- Reference:
- MH 12/11728/4
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MH 12/14018/249 Folio 381. Letter from Henry Saunders, Clerk to the Guardians of the Kidderminster...
Folio 381. Letter from Henry Saunders, Clerk to the Guardians of the Kidderminster Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Commission, regarding election of guardians. 'I presume a rate payer in A duly qualified to vote there cannot nominate a Guardian for B. in which he the rate payer is not qualified to vote - Is a nomination in the following form now admissible?' There follows a draft form of two columns with headings, 'Name of the person or persons proposed as Guardian or Guardians' and 'Residence and quality or calling of the person or persons proposed'. The person entered is Joseph Left, New Farm, Farmer. The form concludes, 'I nominate the above to the Guardian for the said Parish for the year ending the 25th March 1847. Signed - John Left. Place of abode - Rushock Court'. He requests an early reply. Paper Number: 4582/B/1846. Poor Law Union Number 530. Counties: Worcestershire, Staffordshire and Shropshire.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1846-03-30
- Reference:
- MH 12/14018/249
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MH 12/4540/218 Folio 331. A page sheet bearing the words 'Bishops Stortford, Character of Officer...
Folio 331. A page sheet bearing the words 'Bishops Stortford, Character of Officer vide Holborn Correspondence'. [Holborn Poor Law Union Correspondence]. Paper Number: 38652/1851. Poor Law Union Number 167. Counties: Hertfordshire and Essex.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1851-01-01
- Reference:
- MH 12/4540/218
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MH 12/11728/2 Folios 5-6. Printed circular letter from Harry White, Clerk, Halesworth, to the churchwardens...
Folios 5-6. Printed circular letter from Harry White, Clerk, Halesworth, to the churchwardens and overseers of Wrentham, addressed to the Reverend Stephen Clissold, regarding the Weekly Committee which assembled at the poor house directing White to send the 'Answers to Queries' numbered 1,2,5,6,7 and 8 which were extracted from the 'List of Queries' from the Poor Law Commission. Poor Law Union Number 432. Counties: Suffolk.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1834-09-16
- Reference:
- MH 12/11728/2
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MH 12/14018/248 Folio 380. Draft letter from the Poor Law Commission to Henry Saunders, Clerk to...
Folio 380. Draft letter from the Poor Law Commission to Henry Saunders, Clerk to the Guardians of the Kidderminster Poor Law Union, regarding lunatics in workhouse. They refer to his letter of 9 March 1846. They have communicated with the Commissioners in Lunacy who recommend, having considered the report, dated 3 March 1846, by Mr Thomas Thursfield [Medical Officer Kidderminster Poor Law Union], and following a visit by two of their members, that the three lunatics [Henry Smith, William Johnson and Josiah Clarke] should be immediately removed to a lunatic asylum for their own good and the comfort of the paupers with whom they are associated. The Poor Law Commission concur with this opinion. Paper Number: 4095/B/1846. Poor Law Union Number 530. Counties: Worcestershire, Staffordshire and Shropshire.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1846-03-30
- Reference:
- MH 12/14018/248
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MH 12/16249/150 Folio 213. Draft letter from the Poor Law Board to T Watkins, Clerk to the Guardians...
Folio 213. Draft letter from the Poor Law Board to T Watkins, Clerk to the Guardians of the Cardiff Poor Law Union, referring to their own letter of 23 January. They ask if the guardians still desire to appoint a collector for the parish of Llantrissant. If so they ask that the application form enclosed with their earlier letter be completed and returned to them. They also ask for the amount of salary proposed for this post. Paper Number: 2870/1852. Poor Law Union Number 613. Counties: Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1852-02-20
- Reference:
- MH 12/16249/150
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MH 12/11730/136 Folios 304-311. Letter from Edwin Chadwick, Clerk to the Guardians of the Blything...
Folios 304-311. Letter from Edwin Chadwick, Clerk to the Guardians of the Blything Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Commission, with enclosures. These are: 5408a returned; 5412a returned; Wayland Union Medical Relief [not included]; Relief in aid of large families in full employment; 5431a returned; Blything Poor Law Union, proposed meeting of clerks and governors; A copy of a letter from Dr James Phillips Kay to the Poor Law Commission regarding the proposed meeting to discuss the keeping of accounts at the workhouses in the Eastern Division of Suffolk; A copy of a letter from Dr Kay, Norwich to Harry White, Clerk to the Guardians of the Blything Poor Law Union acknowledging the receipt of his letter. Paper Number: 5493/A/1836. Poor Law Union Number 432. Counties: Suffolk.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1836-11-24
- Reference:
- MH 12/11730/136
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MH 12/1530/244 Folios 396-397. Printed letter from W G Lumley [William Golden Lumley], Assistant...
Folios 396-397. Printed letter from W G Lumley [William Golden Lumley], Assistant Secretary to the Poor Law Board to the Overseers and Churchwardens of St Mary's parish in the Truro Poor Law Union, enclosing an emigration form. This was returned with the letter on 27 January 1849. A list and description of those persons seeking to emigrate from St Mary's in the Truro Poor Law Union to Port Phillip [Australia]. Those listed are Richard Mathews and his unnamed wife, son and two daughters. The form has not been signed by the parish officers. Annotated: noted 9 February 1849. Paper Number: 2916/1849. Poor Law Union Number 57. Counties: Cornwall.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1849-01-23
- Reference:
- MH 12/1530/244
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MH 12/4540/269 Folio 417. Draft letter from the Poor Law Board to John D Taylor [John Dobede Taylor],...
Folio 417. Draft letter from the Poor Law Board to John D Taylor [John Dobede Taylor], Clerk to the Guardians of the Bishops Stortford Poor Law Union. They request a report on John Cole, Schoolmaster, and how he has discharged his duties. Paper Number: 8870/1852. Poor Law Union Number 167. Counties: Hertfordshire and Essex.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1852-10-06
- Reference:
- MH 12/4540/269
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MH 12/10321/265 Folios 389-390. Letter from J Rees Mogg [John Rees Mogg] and W Rees Mogg [William...
Folios 389-390. Letter from J Rees Mogg [John Rees Mogg] and W Rees Mogg [William Rees Mogg], Clerks to the Guardians of the Clutton Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Commission, regarding Anthony Horler of Camerton, his wife and six small children who were receiving relief in the workhouse due to a fractured thigh. They left the house and retuned to his work in Wales, but found that his injury had not healed enough to continue working so Horler returned to the Clutton Workhouse to the care of the medical attendants leaving his wife and children in Wales. The guardians granted relief of seven shillings per week but as it was more costly to move his family back from Wales they were left in Wales. The Rees Moggs ask if the action they had taken was correct. Annotated: the Commissioners think that under the circumstances the guardians issued the best course of action and sanction the relief given to the wife and family. Paper Number: 6009/B/1840. Poor Law Union Number 325. Counties: Town and County of Berwick-upon-Tweed and Northumberland.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1840-05-12
- Reference:
- MH 12/10321/265
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MH 12/1530/115 Folio 189. Draft letter from the Poor Law Board to R M Hodge [Richard Michell Hodge],...
Folio 189. Draft letter from the Poor Law Board to R M Hodge [Richard Michell Hodge], Clerk to the Guardians of the Truro Poor Law Union, stating that the board requests to be informed what steps the guardians are taking to reduce the number of paupers in the St Clement and Probus Workhouses within the prescribed limits and to prevent its recurrence in future. Paper Number: 1513/1848. Poor Law Union Number 57. Counties: Cornwall.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1848-01-18
- Reference:
- MH 12/1530/115
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MH 12/8475/92 Folios 194-198. Letter from Dr Kay [James Phillips Kay], Assistant Poor Law Commissioner,...
Folios 194-198. Letter from Dr Kay [James Phillips Kay], Assistant Poor Law Commissioner, to the Poor Law Commission, requesting answers to the important questions submitted to him by the board of guardians of the Mitford and Launditch Poor Law Union. He refers to a letter dated 26 September 1837 from the clerk to the guardians asking for an opinion on the questions stated in the enclosed letter from Mr John Leverett of East Dereham. Mr Leverett had made an application to the guardians regarding the employment of three orphan children Hannah Dunham, Jesse Margetson and [---- Lemon] from different parishes, all under sixteen and residing in Gressenhall Workhouse, in his sack manufactory in Dereham. The guardians agreed to allow him to take Jesse Margetson but not the others. The guardians are asking Dr Kay: 1. If they refuse these two children to be employed by him would they then take on the burden of the maintenance off the several parishes where they belong. 2. Can the guardians refuse the application if it is requested by the parishes where these children belong? 3. Have the guardians the power to detain these children and others in the same situation if they request to leave the workhouse 4. Do they have full power and control of discharging or detaining as they think proper orphan children under the age of sixteen who have been admitted to the workhouse? Annotated: 1. The guardians have the power to allow the children to be employed but at the wages offered to children at the same qualification. 2. Parish officers can not interfere with the guardians sanction. 3. The guardians probably have the authority over orphan children. 4. See 3. Letter from John Leverett, East Dereham, to the board of guardians, Mitford and Launditch Hundred, dated 25 September 1837, stating he is a sack manufacturer and wants to employ more spinners. He is willing to give constant employment to the three children in question, namely Hannah Dunham, Jesse Margetson and [Lemon] at a rate of 6d-8d per day. He offers to provide lodgings for the younger two under his own roof and the [others] he will see comfortably lodged. Paper Number: 8308/A/1837. Poor Law Union Number 302. Counties: Norfolk.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1837-09-30
- Reference:
- MH 12/8475/92
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MH 12/14018/106 Folio 160. Draft letter from the Poor Law Commission to Henry Saunders, Clerk to...
Folio 160. Draft letter from the Poor Law Commission to Henry Saunders, Clerk to the Guardians of the Kidderminster Poor Law Union, regarding the emigration of a soldier's widow to the United States [United States of America]. They state that they cannot support the application of Lucy Webb (widow of Sergeant Webb late of the 24th Regiment) and her five children nor can they sanction the use of money from the poor rates. They suggest that aid may be received by contacting Sir Henry Hardinge (the Secretary at War) at the War Office. Paper Number: 5980/B/1844. Poor Law Union Number 530. Counties: Worcestershire, Staffordshire and Shropshire.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1844-04-29
- Reference:
- MH 12/14018/106
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MH 12/9228/189 Folio 337. Draft letter from the Poor Law Commission to Samuel Doubleday [Solicitor],...
Folio 337. Draft letter from the Poor Law Commission to Samuel Doubleday [Solicitor], of Nottingham. They acknowledge receipt of his letter dated 30 September 1837 concerning a request from the guardians of the Basford Poor Law Union relating to the sale of property in the parish of Lambley. They say that the request of the parish officers on this subject must be forwarded to them before they can take any steps in the matter. They add that care should be taken that the directions contained in the margin of the request 'should be strictly attended to previously to its being sent' to the Commissioners. Paper Number: 8128/1837. Poor Law Union Number 334. Counties: Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1837-10-04
- Reference:
- MH 12/9228/189
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MH 12/4540/10 Folios 20-21. Letter from G F W Cook, Clerk to the Directors of the St Pancras Vestry...
Folios 20-21. Letter from G F W Cook, Clerk to the Directors of the St Pancras Vestry Office, Middlesex, to W G Lumley, William Golden Lumley, Assistant Secretary to the Poor Law Board]. He states that Mr and Mrs Tarrant left St Pancras as the stone yard where Mr Tarrant was foreman was closed. The Directors were satisfied with their conduct. Annotated that the appointment is sanctioned. Paper Number: 3309/1850. Poor Law Union Number 167. Counties: Hertfordshire and Essex.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1850-01-19
- Reference:
- MH 12/4540/10
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MH 12/4540/67 Folio 105. Letter from John D Taylor [John Dobede Taylor], Clerk to the Guardians...
Folio 105. Letter from John D Taylor [John Dobede Taylor], Clerk to the Guardians of the Bishops Stortford Poor Law Union to the Poor Law Board. He encloses a return of the number of paupers of each class receiving relief on 1 July 1850 [not included]. Paper Number: 33646/1850. Poor Law Union Number 167. Counties: Hertfordshire and Essex.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1850-07-06
- Reference:
- MH 12/4540/67
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MH 12/11730/175 Folio 382. Letter from the Poor Law Commission to Mr P Saunders, 5 Crescent Minories,...
Folio 382. Letter from the Poor Law Commission to Mr P Saunders, 5 Crescent Minories, London, acknowledging his letter of the 12 November 1836 regarding the payment of Poll Tax at Quebec for the immigrants on the Allendah and Albion. A copy of his letter will be forwarded to the board of guardians of the Blything Poor Law Union. The Commission feel that the Guardians will be fully justified in declining to answer to the demand for reimbursement. Paper Number: 5333/A/1836. Poor Law Union Number 432. Counties: Suffolk.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1836-11-23
- Reference:
- MH 12/11730/175
