Catalogue description Content: Folio 690. Draft printed letter from the Poor Law Board to George Spencer,...

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Details of MH 12/15161/460
Reference: MH 12/15161/460
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Content: Folio 690. Draft printed letter from the Poor Law Board to George Spencer, Clerk to the Guardians of the Keighley Poor Law Union. They transmit the form of an order [not included] they propose to issue for the purpose of authorising the guardians to hire for the term of 10 years, several arcres of land on Harden Common for the employment of paupers, and request a short description of the land be inserted in the margin of the order. The signatures of a majority of the guardians need to be attached to th form of consent. Annotated: Mr Farnall, [H B Farnall, Poor Law Inspector], has anything further happened in this matter? WGL [William Golden Lumley, Assistant Secretary to the Poor Law Board]. Paper Number: 17970/1855. Poor Law Union Number 571. Counties: Yorkshire West Riding.
Date: 1 June 1855 - 30 June 1855
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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