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
Ordnance Survey: Boundaries Branch: Poor Law Union Files
Catalogue reference: OS 24
What's it about?
OS 24
This series contains Ordnance Survey files documenting changes to public boundaries by statutory means. Each file relates to an area delimited by a poor law union boundary. These files commenced in the 1870s: each contains a reference or history...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- OS 24
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ordnance Survey: Boundaries Branch: Poor Law Union Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1820-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains Ordnance Survey files documenting changes to public boundaries by statutory means. Each file relates to an area delimited by a poor law union boundary. These files commenced in the 1870s: each contains a reference or history sheet on which are entered each change, its effect on local government areas, and the statutory order that made the change. Poor Law Union Files were superseded in 1940 by a new series of County Files, although a few items were still being added until 1971. No system of Poor Law Union Files was ever introduced in Scotland.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 625 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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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
- Maps and plans
- Poverty
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11442/
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Records of the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain
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Ordnance Survey: Boundaries Branch: Poor Law Union Files
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