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| Folio 8. [Continued from MH 12/15158.] Enclosed is a copy of 'A list of all the Regular Poor of the Township of Morton', 1 May 1834 to 30 April 1835. [Widow] James Ambler, Anthony Ambler, Betty Brook, George Bottomley - children, Mariam Butterfield, Benjamin Crowther, James Driver, Grace Dewhurst, Thomas Dewhurst, William Denby, James Driver's children, William Emmot, William Emmot [second], Francis Emmot, Sarah Emmot, Widow Emmot, Widow Eastwood, Widow Emmot [second], Betty Firth, Widow Foster, Ellen Greenwood, John Greenwood [dead], Jonathan Greenwood, Richard Hind, Betty Hebden, Sarah Hill, Sarah Hudson, William Hopkinson, Widow Hudson, Widow Houson, Mary Ive, Richard Linford, James Lister, James Mitchell's children, Sarah Mitchell, John Moor, William Mitchell, Joseph Moorhouse, Thomas Oldfield, Frederick Oldfield, Mary Ann Oldfield's child, Widow Padget [dead], Alice Shackleton, Betty Smith, John Sugden, John Sugden's wife, Alice Smith, Betty Smith [second], Widow Shachelton [Widow Shackleton], Widow Taylor, Joseph Taylor, John Taylor, Hannah Taylor, Ann Taylor, Widow Town, Jane Wood, Dinah Widdup, Betty Wilkinson, William Wildman, Martha Wilson, David Wildman, Hannah Walker, Widow Wilkinson. The places for the above paupers are: Wilsden, Keighley, Morton Banks, Morton, Manchester [Lancashire], Greenhill, Micklethwaite, Bingley, Eastwood Row, Elom, Baildon, Marsden, Gilstead, Crossflats, Screw Mill, Glusburn, New Church, Thwaits, Fastwood Row, Bradford, Halifax. Casual poor are listed as John Brook, Morton Banks; John Driver, Bingley; William Driver, Keighley; John Dewhurst, Morton; Thomas Emmot, Eastwood Row; Paul Hayworth [widow], Bingley; Thomas Hill, Eldwick Beck; Widlow Kendall, Woodhouse; Anthony Knowles, Leeds; Joseph Smith, Keighley, John Whitehead, Ovenden, Fanny Wildman, Ovenden, David Widdup, New Road. Paid to men on the road: William Mitchell, Morton Banks and James Wildman, Bingley. There is a general account listing aggregated totals and also references to bastardy, Dr Mitchell's bill; John Whitley's churchwardens account; Thomas Rushworth and Thomas Horner's assessors accounts; Samuel Hartley's salary as overseer and George Gill's constables account; William Hopkinson's account for new erections; and sundry administrative payments. Further information on the rights of recipients such as having a relative who could keep them, pay from a club, what employment, pension or settlement they have, children in employment etc. No pauper with a dog or frequenting ale houses to receive any relief. John Harrison, Printer, Britannia Printing Office, Bingley. [Continued to MH 12/15158.] Poor Law Union Number 571. Counties: Yorkshire West Riding. |
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