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
All 4 items extracted from CO 904/181. 'Ordnance Survey - A General Map of Ireland...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/925
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This record is about the All 4 items extracted from CO 904/181. 'Ordnance Survey - A General Map of Ireland... dating from [c1874] in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... 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)
- MFQ 1/925
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c1874]
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Description (What the record is about)
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All 4 items extracted from CO 904/181. 'Ordnance Survey - A General Map of Ireland showing the Poor Law Union and Electoral Division Boundaries': on 4 sheets, also showing major towns, roads, railways, loughs and islands. Reference table. MS additions, coloured, showing 'degrees of anticipated distress'; MS reference table. Each sheet was originally in a folder; the parent document now consists solely of these folders.
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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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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- OS of Ireland quarter-inch
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 100.5 cm x 71 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:253440
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Dating supplied from: Roger Hellyer, Ordnance Survey Small-Scale Maps - Indexes: 1801-1988 (Newtown, Powys, David Archer, 1999), p165.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3983946/
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MFQ 1
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All 4 items extracted from CO 904/181. 'Ordnance Survey - A General Map of Ireland...
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