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.
Piece
Poor law returns
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1059/15
What’s it about?
This record is about the Poor law returns dating from 1861 in the series Miscellaneous Returns and Statistics. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 1059/15
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1861
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Description (What the record is about)
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Poor law returns
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- MRS 85
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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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
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1963024/
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Series information
RAIL 1059
Miscellaneous Returns and Statistics
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