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Destitute Wayfarers
Catalogue reference: OB/L17
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This record is a file about the Destitute Wayfarers dating from [c1875].
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- OB/L17
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Title (The name of the record)
- Destitute Wayfarers
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c1875]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Public notice issued by R.J. Edgell, Chief Constable of Shropshire.
Outlines a system for the relief of destitute wayfarers, and urges the public 'not to give either food or money to Beggars, as by so doing they encourage Idle Vagabond habits, and thus cause an increase of crime as well as of the burdens on the Rates'. With list of 'Bread Stations', including Oswestry.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Oswestry Town Council
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 doc
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Found in the Town Council Offices in 1998.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/bbd766da-9bb5-4d25-ad96-dae8979e128f/
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Destitute Wayfarers