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Details of MH 12/14018/300
Reference: MH 12/14018/300
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Content: Folio 451. Letter from Henry Saunders, Clerk to the Guardians of the Kidderminster Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Commission, regarding appointment of collector for the parish of Dowles [Shropshire]. He refers to their letter of 22 June 1846. The amount of rates collected in Dowles is £120 per annum and there is no overseer. The guardians cannot appoint a collector under the order of 6 December 1836 because it only gave authority for a month or upon the death, resignation or removal of the appointed collector. They seek the appointment because the affairs of the parish have been poorly managed recently. Annotated: explain that the guardians can appoint under the order in force. Send a form. 24 June 1846. Paper Number: 8837/B/1846. Also 8640/B/1846. Poor Law Union Number 530. Counties: Worcestershire, Staffordshire and Shropshire.
Date: 23 June 1846
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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