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Reference number MH 12/5968/1/49: Folios 100-102. Letter from Charles Hart, Secretary to the Liverpool Select Vestry...
Folios 100-102. Letter from Charles Hart, Secretary to the Liverpool Select Vestry to the Poor Law Board. He acknowledges receipt of their letter of 22 March 1851 and encloses for approval the appointment form for James Edward Donlevy as Medical Officer for Number 1 District. The form shows Donlevy of 2 Merton Street, Liverpool, had been a Superintendent for the Liverpool Cholera Hospital in 1849. The salary to be £140 per annum with vaccination but no other fees. The post became vacant after Mr Walton, previous medical officer, left for America. Annotated: [H B Farnall, Inspector, Poor Law Board]. 25 March 1851. He sees no objection to this appointment. He presumes he has the same population to attend as his predecessor but has no means of knowing whether the population exceeds the effectiveness of one medical officer. See also Paper Number: 13781/1851. Paper Number: 13162/1851. Poor Law Union Number 220. Counties: Lancashire.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1851-03-24
- Reference:
- MH 12/5968/1/49
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Reference number MH 12/1530/284: Folios 453-454. Letter from R M Hodge [Richard Michell Hodge], Clerk to the Guardians...
Folios 453-454. Letter from R M Hodge [Richard Michell Hodge], Clerk to the Guardians of the Truro Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Board, enclosing a copy of a resolution passed by the board of guardians. He informs them that they have entered into a contract to buy the land for the new workhouse. The owner of the land wants to know if the contract is going to be carried into effect and the guardians want to obtain the stone for the building. Copy of a resolution that, as no letter from the Poor Law Board has been received, the clerk should write to them requesting their immediate attention to the matter. Annotated: Workhouse order sent 5 April 1849. State that the Board will peruse the draft of the conveyance as soon as it is sent to them. Paper Number: 10662/1849. Poor Law Union Number 57. Counties: Cornwall.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1849-04-05
- Reference:
- MH 12/1530/284
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Reference number MH 12/16249/353: Folio 484. Draft letter from the Poor Law Board to T Watkins, Clerk to the Guardians...
Folio 484. Draft letter from the Poor Law Board to T Watkins, Clerk to the Guardians of the Cardiff Poor Law Union, they acknowledge receipt of his letter of 29 April regarding the suspension of William Lewis, Collector for Whitchurch. The Board will advise Lewis to perform his duties promptly and satisfactorily and observe the lawful and reasonable orders of the guardians. They do not however consider that he is clearly incompetent or unfit for office. The Board have written admonishing Lewis but before taking further steps they will wait for the results of the audit of his accounts. In the meantime they request the guardians remove the suspension. Paper Number: 14585/1853. Poor Law Union Number 613. Counties: Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1853-05-12
- Reference:
- MH 12/16249/353
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Reference number MH 12/16249/265: Folio 360. Draft letter from the Poor Law Board to Thomas Watkins, Clerk to the Guardians...
Folio 360. Draft letter from the Poor Law Board to Thomas Watkins, Clerk to the Guardians of the Cardiff Poor Law Union, acknowledging their letter of the 4 October 1852 and requesting that they forward for the inspection of the Poor Law Board the contract with William George for making the valuation of Penmark. Paper Number: 37056/1852. Poor Law Union Number 613. Counties: Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1852-10-07
- Reference:
- MH 12/16249/265
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Reference number MH 12/11730/54: Folios 172-175. Letter from Dr James Phillips Kay, Assistant Poor Law Commissioner,...
Folios 172-175. Letter from Dr James Phillips Kay, Assistant Poor Law Commissioner, to the Poor Law Commission, forwarding four enclosures, relating to: The lease of a farm in the Blything Poor Law Union. A general report on the extent and nature of their association to the central power in Norfolk [not included]; A memorial from Erpingham Poor Law Union [Norfolk], respecting attendance at divine service on Sunday [not included]; The vestry clerk's salary for Bungay [not included]. The first enclosure relates to the 'putting off' of the farm in the occupation of the guardians. The committee, Reverend Stephen Clissold, Chairman, Thomas Freeman, Mr I Spellman, and Thomas Davy, submitted a copy of their report and recommendations to the Board on 10 October 1836. This was accepted, subject to the sanction of the Poor Law Commission. The committee resolved: That as land held under lease granted by Lord Stradbroke cannot be de-let, the conditions for giving up the land should be referred to two independent persons, one named by each party; That the Board apply to the Poor Law Commission for permission to sell the land belonging to the union, except the pest house, airing house, sufficient land attached to each for the patients to walk, and approximately two acres of garden for the aged male paupers to cultivate vegetables. Also to keep a right of way outside the walls of the workhouse, to the pest house, and the landing place at the River Blyth; To keep a single horse for saddle and harness at the workhouse for use by the union, in order that all notices to guardians may be dispatched by a messenger on horseback instead of the usual practice of sending paupers from the workhouse. Annotated: the proposed arrangements respecting the lease of the farm were distributed with Kay's agreement, and recommendation that the Poor Law Commission approve them. Likewise to recommend that an order be issued for the sale of the land, and that a messenger's horse can to be kept as desired. Kings Lynn, 12 October 1836. Paper Number: 4532/A/1836. Poor Law Union Number 432. Counties: Suffolk.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1836-10-14
- Reference:
- MH 12/11730/54
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Reference number MH 12/14018/24: Folio 47. Draft letter from the Poor Law Commission to Henry Saunders, Clerk to the...
Folio 47. Draft letter from the Poor Law Commission to Henry Saunders, Clerk to the Guardians of the Kidderminster Poor Law Union, regarding election of nurse. They sanction the appointment of Elizabeth Simmonds at a salary of £25 per annum. Paper Number: 4335/B/1843. Poor Law Union Number 530. Counties: Worcestershire, Staffordshire and Shropshire.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1843-04-07
- Reference:
- MH 12/14018/24
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Reference number MH 12/16249/5: Folio 9. Draft letter from the Poor Law Board to [Thomas Watkins], Clerk to the Guardians...
Folio 9. Draft letter from the Poor Law Board to [Thomas Watkins], Clerk to the Guardians of the Cardiff Poor Law Union, regarding the appointment of Richard Morgan's as Relieving Officer for three months at a salary of £70 per annum. The Board requests a report on his performance at the end of this period. Paper Number: 3713/1851. Poor Law Union Number 613. Counties: Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1851-01-21
- Reference:
- MH 12/16249/5
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Reference number MH 12/14018/61: Folio 104. Letter from Henry Saunders, Clerk to the Guardians of the Kidderminster...
Folio 104. Letter from Henry Saunders, Clerk to the Guardians of the Kidderminster Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Commission, regarding collection of poor rates - bond. He forwards for approval the draft bond [not included] for Robert Lawley Hooman, Collector, Kidderminster. Annotated: procure the Kidderminster Act of the session before the last. W G L [William Golden Lumley, Assistant Secretary to the Poor Law Commission], September 6 1843. The draft seems to be unobjectionable. 15 September 1843. '4& 5 Vic C s 72 - paper 21 June 41' [1841]. Return it approved, 18 September 1843. Paper Number: 12137/B/1843. Poor Law Union Number 530. Counties: Worcestershire, Staffordshire and Shropshire.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1843-08-26
- Reference:
- MH 12/14018/61
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Reference number MH 12/16249/33: Folio 38. Draft letter from R W Grey of the Poor Law Board to [Thomas Watkins], Clerk...
Folio 38. Draft letter from R W Grey of the Poor Law Board to [Thomas Watkins], Clerk to the Guardians of the Cardiff Poor Law Union, regarding sale produce. Referring to Watkins' letter of 14 February on the subject of property at Penmark, the Board requests to be informed as to how much is owing by the parish in respect of the following workhouse loans which have been advanced to the guardians by the Exchequer Bill Loan [Councils], namely: £5,000 advanced in 1838, £2,000 in 1839 and £800 in 1848. Paper Number: 9171/1851. Poor Law Union Number 613. Counties: Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1851-03-01
- Reference:
- MH 12/16249/33
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Reference number MH 12/11731/96: Folios 273-274. Letter from Francis W Ellis, Southwold, [Blything Poor Law Union],...
Folios 273-274. Letter from Francis W Ellis, Southwold, [Blything Poor Law Union], to the Poor Law Commission, enclosing a receipt for £77 11s 9d being the expenses incurred conducting the audits of the poor law unions in Suffolk. Payment should be made to the Bank of Messrs Hankeys and Co, 7, Fenchurch Street, for transmission to Messrs Harvey and Hudsons Bank, Southwold to his account [not included] Copy of a reply from the Poor Law Commission to F W Ellis returning his receipt which was invalid due to it being written over the bill stamp [not included]. Annotated: Mr Moore. Paper Number: 2829/A/1837. Poor Law Union Number 432. Counties: Suffolk.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1837-03-30
- Reference:
- MH 12/11731/96
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Reference number MH 12/11730/99: Folio 243. Emigration form B relating respectively to a 'Resolution entered in Vestry...
Folio 243. Emigration form B relating respectively to a 'Resolution entered in Vestry Book' for the parish of Spexhall in the Blything Poor Law Union, agreeing to borrow £47 7s 5d to defray the expense of emigration of the poor and signed 6 May 1836 by: James Garrould, Chairman and Churchwarden; W Garrould, Overseer; Thomas More, Overseer; Henry Girling, Vestry Clerk and witness; Jonathan Palmer, witness and John Taylor, his mark, witness. Paper Number: 5037/A/1836. Poor Law Union Number 432. Counties: Suffolk.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1836-05-06
- Reference:
- MH 12/11730/99
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Reference number MH 12/9231/179: Folio 383. Draft letter from the Poor Law Commission to Edward Senior, Assistant...
Folio 383. Draft letter from the Poor Law Commission to Edward Senior, Assistant Poor Law Commissioner, acknowledging receipt of his report of 5 May and enclosing a copy of a letter they have addressed to [William Ashton] Clerk to the Guardians of the Basford Poor Law Union, regarding the case of John Parks [not included]. Paper Number: 5496/B/1841. Poor Law Union Number 334. Counties: Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1841-05-08
- Reference:
- MH 12/9231/179
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Reference number MH 12/16249/40: Folio 49. Printed form from [Thomas Watkins], Clerk to the Guardians of the Cardiff...
Folio 49. Printed form from [Thomas Watkins], Clerk to the Guardians of the Cardiff Poor Law Union to the Poor Law Commission, with names and details of all 'Insane Persons, Lunatics and Idiots' chargeable to each parish. The form gives details of age, where placed and cost of maintenance for the following people: John Bonner, Cardiff. Mary Thomas, Llancarvan. Elizabeth Roberts, Llandaff. Amy Samuel, Eglwysilan. David Williams, Cardiff. Catherine Morgan, Rudry. William Potter, Cardiff. John David, Llantrisant. Mary Hopkins, Penmark. David Moses, Llantrisant. Mary Lewis, Union. Thomas Davies, Whitchurch. [Jane] Roderick, Llantrisant. Philip Price Allen, Union. Mary Thomas, Saint Georges. Jane Davies, Llantrisant. Susannah, Morgan, Llantrisant. Mary Davies, Llantrisant. Jane Griffith, Llantwit Vardre. William David, Llantwit Vardre. Maria David, Llantwit Vardre. John Evan, Pentyrch. Gwenny Evans, Llantrithyd. Ann Wade, Llancarvan. Catherine Mathen, Llancarvan. Elizabeth Gilbert, Penmark. Thomas Wade, [Merthyrdorn]. Gwenny Morgan, Wenvoe. William Morgan, St Fagans. David Davies, Eglwysilan. David Jenkins, Eglwysilan. John Jones, Cardiff. Ann Jenkins, Cardiff. Margaret Davies, Cardiff. Jane Rees, Saint Nicholas. Hopkin Thomas, Radyr. Annotation: usual letter regarding cases of Mr [Thomas David]. 4 March 1851. Paper Number: 11070/1851. Poor Law Union Number 613. Counties: Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1851-02-28
- Reference:
- MH 12/16249/40
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Reference number MH 12/14018/246: Folio 377. Letter from R W S Lutwidge [Robert Wilfred Skeffington Lutwidge], Secretary,...
Folio 377. Letter from R W S Lutwidge [Robert Wilfred Skeffington Lutwidge], Secretary, Office of the Commissioners in Lunacy, to E Chadwick [Edwin Chadwick, Secretary to the Poor Law Commission]. 'I beg to acknowledge, & to state that I will immediately lay before the Commissioners in Lunacy, your letter of the 16th inst. & the enclosed copy letters & enclosure relative to certain Inmates of the Kidderminster Union Workhouse' [not included]. Annotated: nil, reserve, 19 March 1846. Paper Number: 3931/B/1846. Poor Law Union Number 530. Counties: Worcestershire, Staffordshire and Shropshire.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1846-03-17
- Reference:
- MH 12/14018/246
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Reference number MH 12/1530/231: Folio 380. Draft letter from the Poor Law Board to R M Hodge [Richard Michell Hodge],...
Folio 380. Draft letter from the Poor Law Board to R M Hodge [Richard Michell Hodge], Clerk to the Guardians of the Truro Poor Law Union, acknowledging his letter of 11 January 1849. They ask for the details of the appointment of Henry Jennings, as Collector of Poor Rates for St Mary's parish, to be sent to them on the enclosed form [not included]. Paper Number: 1310/1849. Poor Law Union Number 57. Counties: Cornwall.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1849-01-17
- Reference:
- MH 12/1530/231
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Reference number MH 12/4540/206: Folios 313-314. Letter from John D Taylor [John Dobede Taylor], Clerk to the Guardians...
Folios 313-314. Letter from John D Taylor [John Dobede Taylor], Clerk to the Guardians of the Bishops Stortford Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Board, to inform them that at a meeting of the guardians Mr Jones has resigned as Schoolmaster of the workhouse school the claiming he was dissatisfied with the diet. Paper Number: 33059/1851. Poor Law Union Number 167. Counties: Hertfordshire and Essex.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1851-08-02
- Reference:
- MH 12/4540/206
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Reference number MH 12/16249/146: Folios 208-209. Workhouse Inspection Report Form from John Thomas Grave, Poor Law...
Folios 208-209. Workhouse Inspection Report Form from John Thomas Grave, Poor Law Inspector, to the Poor Law Board, reporting his inspection of the Cardiff Poor Law Union Workhouse on 21 June 1851; includes details of medical provision, management of the school and the number of inmates. Paper Number: 1106/1852. Poor Law Union Number 613. Counties: Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1851-01-07
- Reference:
- MH 12/16249/146
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Reference number MH 12/16249/152: Folios 215-216. Appointment form for Anna Adams as Schoolmistress. The form shows...
Folios 215-216. Appointment form for Anna Adams as Schoolmistress. The form shows Adams now of London, [late Blackburn [Lancashire]], had been a teacher and schoolmistress at the Windsor Poor Law Union [Berkshire]. The salary to be £20 per annum plus rations. The post became vacant after the resignation of Miss who is now employed as schoolmistress at a private school. Paper Number: 3471/1852. Poor Law Union Number 613. Counties: Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1852-01-26
- Reference:
- MH 12/16249/152
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Reference number MH 12/11730/97: Folio 241. Draft letter from the Poor Law Commission to the churchwardens and overseers...
Folio 241. Draft letter from the Poor Law Commission to the churchwardens and overseers of Uggeshall referring to their request to sanction the expenses incurred for the purpose of emigration. The parish officers are asked to go through the forms again paying particular attention to the description list. Paper Number: 5037/A/1836. Poor Law Union Number 432. Counties: Suffolk.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1836-11-25
- Reference:
- MH 12/11730/97
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Reference number MH 12/4540/268: Folio 416. Draft letter from the Poor Law Board to John D Taylor [John Dobede Taylor],...
Folio 416. 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 state that they sanction the appointment of John Cole as Schoolmaster of the workhouse, for a trial period of six months. At they end of that time they request a report from the guardians on how he has performed his duties. Paper Number: 8870/1852. Poor Law Union Number 167. Counties: Hertfordshire and Essex.
- Held by:
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date:
- 1852-03-23
- Reference:
- MH 12/4540/268
