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Folios 142-145. Sale of Parish Property Form 1. The parish of Dunwich parish officers...

Catalogue reference: MH 12/11731/43

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MH 12/11731/43
Date
8 Dec 1836
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Folios 142-145. Sale of Parish Property Form 1. The parish of Dunwich parish officers and inhabitants request the Blything Poor Law Union guardians to apply to the Poor Law Commission to consent to the selling of parish property; various pieces of land in the hamlet of Bulcamp and the proceeds to be credited to each parish in the union, in proportion to the assessment of each to the workhouse. The churchwarden states that he cannot answer all the questions, as Dunwich has only just joined the union. Signed: J Woolner, Churchwarden; J B Easey, Churchwarden; James Easey, Overseer; Joseph Dix and W Wade, inhabitants. Sale of Parish Property Form 2. Request of the Blything Poor Law Union guardians to the Poor Law Commission for consent to sale; various pieces of land in the hamlet of Bulcamp and in proximity to the workhouse. Signed: Thomas Freeman, Henham; Nathaniel Steptoe, Heveningham; Thomas Driver, Reydon; S Goodings, Huntingfield; J Balls, Holton; Thomas Davy, Yoxford; D Riches, Frostenden; John Rockhill, Stoven; John Chandler, Middleton; R Porter, Covehythe; Samuel Robinson, Henstead; William Newson, Sotherton; Samuel Plant, Easton Bavents; Osborne Clarke, Uggleshall; George Adams, Brampton; Thomas Skoulding, Kelsale; Robert Palmer, Ubbeston; James Hurwood, South Cove; James Cooper, Knodishall; C George, Wenhaston; Joseph Backhouse, Carlton; W E Dewing, Leiston; Edgar Smith, Leiston; R Debney, Southwold; Charles Lee, Linstead Magna; Thomas Carley, Walpole; B Webb, Covehythe; J Dix, Dunwich; P Palmer, Southwold; S Kemp, Darsham; D Playford, Bramfield; [William Norris], Cratfield; [William Bowler], Rumburgh; Issac Spelman, Westhall; [James Wells], Wenhaston; John Foreman, Halesworth; S A Wood, Westleton; M George, Halesworth; John Buttons, Wissett; Thomas Bishop, Chediston. Printed letter from Harry White, Clerk to the Guardians of the Blything Poor Law Union, Halesworth, to the parish officers of Dunwich requesting them to give notice in church the next Sunday, of a vestry meeting to be held the following Thursday at 10 o'clock, for the purpose of consenting to the sale of land at Bulcamp House. All forms to be returned before 12 December 1836. Paper Number: 611/A/1846. Poor Law Union Number 432. Counties: Suffolk.
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English
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