Catalogue description Friendly Societies, Branches, Rules and Amendments, etc., Series I

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Reference: FS 5
Title: Friendly Societies, Branches, Rules and Amendments, etc., Series I
Description:

The files consist of rules and amendments to rules and occasional other statutory documents (but not annual returns) of parent Societies or branches removed from the Register before 1913.
Date: [1855-1912]
Arrangement:

The files are arranged alphabetically in order of the names of the Societies.
Related material:

For later files in Series II see FS 10
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 274 file(s)
Selection and destruction information: In addition to the files of each central body, specimen files of a district (where applicable) and a branch of each society have been preserved in this series.
Administrative / biographical background:

Each Friendly Society consists of a central body (called the Order) together with branches; the branches usually being grouped in geographical districts.

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