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
Ministry of Social Security and Department of Health and Social Security: Supplementary...
Catalogue reference: BN 64
What's it about?
BN 64
Seal matrices, and examples of the actual seals of bodies concerned with the dispensing of relief to the unemployed and others in need, from the Poor Law Commission established in 1834 to the Supplementary Benefits Commission (SBC) established in...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BN 64
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Social Security and Department of Health and Social Security: Supplementary Benefits Commission and predecessors: Seal Matrices
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1834-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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Seal matrices, and examples of the actual seals of bodies concerned with the dispensing of relief to the unemployed and others in need, from the Poor Law Commission established in 1834 to the Supplementary Benefits Commission (SBC) established in 1966.
The series also contains papers relating to the provision of seals for the Unemployment Assistance Board and SBC and papers concerning the preservation of the SBC seal at the Public Record Office.
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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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- Assistance Board, 1940-1948
- National Assistance Board, 1948-1966
- Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales, 1834-1930
- Supplementary Benefits Commission, 1966-1980
- Unemployment Assistance Board, 1934-1940
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8 seals and matrices
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2997/
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