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See MH 82/12
Catalogue reference: MH 82/49
Date: 1954 Sept 16-1956 Nov 15
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Ward Joseph Boughton Ollerton Retford Poor Law Board Folios 724-725. Draft letter...
Catalogue reference: MH 12/9534/494
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This record is about the Ward Joseph Boughton Ollerton Retford Poor Law Board Folios 724-725. Draft letter... dating from 16 March 1871 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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- MH 12/9534/494
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Date (When the record was created)
- 16 March 1871
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Name(s)
- Ward, Joseph
- Places mentioned
- Boughton
- Ollerton
- Retford
- Corporations
- Poor Law Board
- Content
- Folios 724-725. Draft letter from the Poor Law Board, to Joseph Ward, overseer of the poor, Boughton, Ollerton, justifying the expenses of 15/- which had been queried in the audit. The item was a regular one for years past consisting of writing out the constable list, publishing the same and sending it to Retford at a cost of 5/-, a journey to verify the list, 5/-, and finally the constable's journey to be sworn in. He states that if the overseers cannot be allowed reasonable expenses they might as well stop attending the audits. Annotated.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9723613/
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