Record revealed
Letter from a ‘destitute’ man to the Poor Law Commission
In this letter, Thomas Henshaw of Derbyshire complained of his treatment by local officials who denied him welfare despite his ‘most distressing’ situation.
Series
Poor Law Board and Local Government Board: Architect's Department and Metropolitan...
Catalogue reference: MH 14
What's it about?
MH 14
This series comprises plans from the Architect's and Metropolitan Departments relating to land and buildings used for poor law purposes.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MH 14
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Title (The name of the record)
- Poor Law Board and Local Government Board: Architect's Department and Metropolitan Department: Poor Law Union Plans
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1861-1918
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises plans from the Architect's and Metropolitan Departments relating to land and buildings used for poor law purposes.
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Local Government Board, Architects Department, 1871-1919
- Local Government Board, Metropolitan Department, 1871-1884
- Poor Law Board, Architects Department, 1847-1871
- Poor Law Board, Metropolitan Department, 1867-1871
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 81 box(es)
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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
- Poverty
- Local Government
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Poor Law Commission and Board were given responsibility for supervision of the use of land and the erection of buildings by poor law authorities. An architect was appointed with his own staff to approve such plans submitted by unions.
The Architect's Department continued in the Local Government Board, where it was primarily concerned in the consideration and approval of plans for the erection, extension or alteration of poor law institutions, infirmaries, children's homes, poor law schools, hospitals and sick asylums. The related administrative work was handled by the General Correspondence Department, to which the architect reported.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10857/
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