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See MH 82/12
Catalogue reference: MH 82/49
Date: 1954 Sept 16-1956 Nov 15
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Folio 180. Letter from Giles Duxbury, overseer of Prestwich, to the Poor Law Commissioners....
Catalogue reference: MH 12/6040/111
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This record is about the Folio 180. Letter from Giles Duxbury, overseer of Prestwich, to the Poor Law Commissioners.... dating from 1841 July 23 in the series Local Government Board and predecessors: Correspondence with Poor Law Unions and.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1841 July 23
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Folio 180. Letter from Giles Duxbury, overseer of Prestwich, to the Poor Law Commissioners. The debt due in respect of building the workhouse at Prestwich is secured to the executors of the estate of the late Reverend James Lyon by a mortgage deed on the poor rates. The amount realised by the sale of furniture and fixtures is £50 and remains in the hands of the Manchester Board of Guardians who were the purchasers. The inhabitants of Prestwich would not object to sell the workhouse, the original cost was £1840
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