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Records of Ellesmere Incorporation and Ellesmere Poor Law Union

Catalogue reference: PL8

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This record is about the Records of Ellesmere Incorporation and Ellesmere Poor Law Union dating from 18th - 20th Centuries.

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Reference
PL8
Title
Records of Ellesmere Incorporation and Ellesmere Poor Law Union
Date
18th - 20th Centuries
Held by
Shropshire Archives
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • <corpname>Ellesmere Incorporation, c 1791-1836</corpname>
  • <corpname>Ellesmere Poor Law Union, 1836-1930</corpname>
Physical description
13 files
Administrative / biographical background

An incorporation of guardians of the poor of the parishes of Ellesmere, Hordley, Baschurch, Myddle and Hadnall was set up by Act of Parliament in 1791, and a workhouse built at Haughton, Ellesmere in 1792. This was taken over as the Union Workhouse when Ellesmere Union was created in 1836. The new Union included other parishes in the area, including several in Flintshire (now Clwyd). The County Council took over responsibility for the Union's functions in 1930.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/f4854a8c-7856-41b4-ad30-eaacfb91d660/

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Records of Ellesmere Incorporation and Ellesmere Poor Law Union