Held at: | Herefordshire Record Office |
Reference: | G71/4 |
Source: | Original Document |
Title: | Digital Images Collection [Index]; Overseers Accounts Clodock [Township of Longtown] 1775 to 1783 |
Place name: | Clodock and Longtown |
Date: | 1775 to 1783 |
Description:
These Overseers Accounts for Clodock cover the Township of Longtown for the period February 1775 to March 1783
The document provides a detailed account of poor relief both in monetary payments as well as payment in kind eg cloth, wheat, malt, cheese, shoes, fuel, a coffin, made to named individuals. It also includes accounts of the distribution of the charity of William Pitt.
To view the digital images, click on the relevant year
Observations:
An extensive research paper entitled The Poor Law in Longtown, 1820 to 1840, has been prepared by Nina Wedell dated March 2010 and may be found at nw_lon_1022.
Ref: tg_clo_0106