Series
Local Government Board and predecessors: Legal Department and Order Department: Workhouse...
Catalogue reference: MH 34
What's it about?
MH 34
This series contains registers of authorisations of the Local Government Board and its predecessors relating to works of improvement, extension, alteration and repair of workhouses. The registers note the date and number of orders authorizing...
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 34
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Title (The name of the record)
- Local Government Board and predecessors: Legal Department and Order Department: Workhouse Expenditure, Registers of Authorisations
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Date (When the record was created)
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1834-1902
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registers of authorisations of the Local Government Board and its predecessors relating to works of improvement, extension, alteration and repair of workhouses. The registers note the date and number of orders authorizing expenditure, related correspondence, and details of expenditure, costs, loans, and tenure.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For copies of orders see: MH 64
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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)
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- Local Government Board, Legal Branch, 1871-1919
- Local Government Board, Order Department, 1871-1919
- Poor Law Board, Legal Department, 1847-1871
- Poor Law Commission, Legal Department, 1834-1847
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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11 volume(s)
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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 Legal Department was established by the Poor Law Commission to provide legal advice and to undertake general legal work, including the drafting of orders issued by the commission. The bulk of the work consisted of the determination of appeals against decisions of district auditors disallowing items in accounts and imposing surcharges.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10877/
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Local Government Board and predecessors: Legal Department and Order Department: Workhouse Expenditure, Registers of Authorisations