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Series
Poor Law Commission: Minute Books
Catalogue reference: MH 1
What's it about?
MH 1
This series contains minute books of the Poor Law Commission. The volumes constitute the record of the formal proceedings of the Commission.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MH 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Poor Law Commission: Minute Books
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Date (When the record was created)
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1834-1842
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains minute books of the Poor Law Commission. The volumes constitute the record of the formal proceedings of the Commission.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Poor Law Commission, 1834-1847
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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35 volume(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Litigation
- Poverty
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10844/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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