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
Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation: North East Area and Predecessors: Various...
Catalogue reference: BX 9
What's it about?
BX 9
This series contains the minutes and agenda of the North East Welfare Committee and its predecessors. There are also examples of minutes and agenda papers of sub-committees specially set up to deal with specific subjects such as the Medico Social...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BX 9
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Title (The name of the record)
- Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation: North East Area and Predecessors: Various Welfare Committees, Minutes and Agenda
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1922-1985
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the minutes and agenda of the North East Welfare Committee and its predecessors. There are also examples of minutes and agenda papers of sub-committees specially set up to deal with specific subjects such as the Medico Social Services Sub-Committee, Co-ordinating Committee for Youth, Finance and General Purposes Sub-Committee; and examples of regional year books together with selected National Annual Reports.
Some of the files in the series were produced by several charities which are not covered by the Public Record Act but which the Trustees have kindly made available.
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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)
- Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation, North East Area, 1985-1985
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 130 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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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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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Many of the files between 1952-1966 on the supervision of welfare are entitled the Northern Division Welfare Committee or the Durham Division Welfare Committee, with examples of the minutes and agenda papers of selected areas within those divisions for specific periods.
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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 Northumberland Area Miners Welfare Trust Fund, and the Durham Area Miners Welfare Trust Fund were established to receive the sale proceeds of former welfare provision on charitable application (namely miners' recreation schemes). The establishment of these charities represents the recycling of former welfare provision and following the merger of Northern and Durham areas in terms of Welfare Committees the two charities merged to form the North East Area Miners Welfare Trust Fund.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3563/
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