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Folio 35. List of places showing accommodation available at workhouses, and the actual...

Catalogue reference: MH 12/5969/25

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This record is about the Folio 35. List of places showing accommodation available at workhouses, and the actual... dating from 22 Jan 1852 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 12/5969/25
Date
22 Jan 1852
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Folio 35. List of places showing accommodation available at workhouses, and the actual number present in each. There are 3,110 places in Liverpool, but 3,348 people are actually housed. Similar details are also shown for Greenwich [Kent], Clerkenwell, Shoreditch, Strand [all Middlesex], Peterborough [Northamptonshire], Oxford [Oxfordshire], Huddersfield [Yorkshire West Riding] and Cardiff [Glamorgan]. Annotated: letters to be sent to those exceeding capacity. It is pointed out that in some places children are housed separately.
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The National Archives, Kew
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Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10556712/

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