Catalogue description Content: Folios 197-199. Letter from William Crowther, Overseer of Stone [in the...

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Details of MH 12/14018/121
Reference: MH 12/14018/121
Description:
Content: Folios 197-199. Letter from William Crowther, Overseer of Stone [in the Kidderminster Poor Law Union], to the Poor Law Commission. He asks advice as to whether he can relieve the causal poor if they are not settled in the parish where they apply for relief. In two cases of extreme need he relieved such families with money. He also notes that the relieving officer's visits are infrequent, and that Stone has been without a guardian for eight months. Annotated on a separate note: acknowledge. An overseer can only relieve in kind. The overseer cannot be reimbursed. Send a copy of the letter to the guardians. Are they aware of the cases in question, and how often does the relieving officer visit Stone? Paper Number: 8633/B/1844. Poor Law Union Number 530. Counties: Worcestershire, Staffordshire and Shropshire.
Date: 27 May 1844
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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