Swansea Poor Law Union

This page summarises records created by this Organisation

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Alternative name(s):	Swansea Poor Law Union Board of Guardians (Also known as)
Date:	1842-1960
Places:	Swansea, Glamorgan
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (local) > Poor law unions, boards of guardians
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C182429 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O109984 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1842-1960: records of Swansea Poor Law Union and successor bodies incl minutes, corresp, master's records, chaplain's books, workhouse administration records, financial records, inmate registers and records, valuation lists, Cockett Cottage Homes records, County Borough of Swansea Social Welfare and Public Assistance Departments records, Workshops for the Blind records, Swansea Rural Sanitary Authority records, plans of public assistance institutions	West Glamorgan Archive Service	U/S	See Annual Return 2004
2	1905: rate book for the relief of the poor of the Town and Franchise of Swansea	West Glamorgan Archive Service	P/123/19/29a