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Folio 474. Letter from Henry W Parker, Assistant Poor Law Commissioner to the Poor...

Catalogue reference: MH 12/13079/250

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This record is about the Folio 474. Letter from Henry W Parker, Assistant Poor Law Commissioner to the Poor... dating from 1 November 1842 in the series Local Government Board and predecessors: Correspondence with Poor Law Unions and.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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MH 12/13079/250
Date
1 November 1842
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Folio 474. Letter from Henry W Parker, Assistant Poor Law Commissioner to the Poor Law Commission, reporting on his conference with the Board of Guardians of the Rye Poor Law Union held the previous day. When Parker informed the board that the Commission was of the opinion that the workhouse accommodation could be legally extended, it resolved to appoint a committee to select a suitable site for a central workhouse. The board also resolved to appoint a task master to superintend the labour of able-bodied paupers for whom workhouse accommodation cannot be provided. Paper number: 13725/B/1842. Poor Law Union Number 484. Counties: Sussex and Kent.
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The National Archives, Kew
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Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10491990/

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