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Records of Wellington Poor Law Union
Catalogue reference: PL14
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This record is about the Records of Wellington Poor Law Union dating from 1797 - 1930.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PL14
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of Wellington Poor Law Union
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1797 - 1930
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Shropshire Archives
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Former S.R.O. bundle numbers and reference numbers are given next to the description of each item.
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Wellington Poor Law Union, 1836 - 1930</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 102 Files
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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This Union was set up following the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. A House of Industry had been established about 1797 but very few of its records have survived; the new Union came into being in June 1836. The Union's functions were taken over by the County Council in 1930.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/f0ae8e88-6f12-4b4c-854b-45d8662a25ea/
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Records of Wellington Poor Law Union