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Folios 179-180. Letter from Benjamin Bird, overseer for the parish of Wellingham...

Catalogue reference: MH 12/8486/33

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This record is about the Folios 179-180. Letter from Benjamin Bird, overseer for the parish of Wellingham... dating from 1875 Feb 20 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 12/8486/33
Date
1875 Feb 20
Description

Folios 179-180. Letter from Benjamin Bird, overseer for the parish of Wellingham in the Mitford and Launditch Poor Law Union, to the Local Government Board. It concerns a sum in favour of the overseer contained in his accounts for the half year ending 29 September 1874, which the auditor had struck out as being contrary to the law. He asks that the amount be returned to him, as he did not know it was illegal.
Copy of the letter received from the auditor highlighting the matter, J Howell K Roberts, dated 10 February 1875.
Annotated: 'Ask for the receipt', 8 March 1875.

Paper Number: 12479/1875.

Poor Law Union Number: 302.

Counties: Norfolk.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record
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Open Document, Open Description
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