Chester-le-Street Poor Law Union
Reference: U/CS Catalogue Title: Chester-le-Street Poor Law Union Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: Relief of the poor
Covering Dates: 1907-1930
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- Chester-le-Street Poor Law Union
- Chester le Street Poor Law Union (Ref: U/CS)
- Applications for poor relief (Ref: U/CS 108-111, 259, 273)
- Out relief payments (Ref: U/CS 112-113, 115-117, 119/2-4, 325, 331-332)
- Assistant relieving officer's case book (Ref: U/CS 118)
- Statistics (Ref: U/CS 119/1, 120)
- Correspondence (Ref: U/CS 211, 216, 234, 236, 243, 280, 303)
- Boarding Out Committee Reports (Ref: U/CS 217-221, 231-233)
- Weekly returns of people in receipt of relief (Ref: U/CS 239-242)
Catalogue Contents
Chester le Street Poor Law Union (Ref: U/CS)Applications for poor relief (Ref: U/CS 108-111, 259, 273)Ref: U/CS 108
Particulars of applications for relief, 1929
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: U/CS 109Particulars of applications for relief, 1929
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: U/CS 110Particulars of applications for relief, 1929
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: U/CS 111Particulars of applications for relief, 1929 - 1930
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: U/CS 259List of claims of people residing in the districts of Plawsworth and Waldridge, n.d. [1915]
(1 file)
Ref: U/CS 273Cases and applications for relief to Chester-le-Street Union, 1920 - 1930
(16 files)
Out relief payments (Ref: U/CS 112-113, 115-117, 119/2-4, 325, 331-332)Ref: U/CS 112Papers relating to out relief for unemployment, 1929
(13 papers)
Ref: U/CS 113Register of outdoor relief, n.d.
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: U/CS 115Out relief payment book, Edmondsley and Witton Gilbert, n.d. c.1929
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: U/CS 116Out relief payment book, Chester-le-Street, Waldridge and Pelton Fell, 1930
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: U/CS 117Out relief payment book, Great Lumley, 1929
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: U/CS 119/2Copy returns to the Ministry of Labour listing indvidiuals to whom out-relief has been paid, 9 February 1929 - 1 March 1930
Originally enclosed in U/CS 119/1
(56 papers, printed)
Ref: U/CS 119/3Statistical returns of people in receipt of out-relief, 1921 - 30 March 1929
Originally enclosed in U/CS 119/1
(5 papers)
Ref: U/CS 119/4Lists of names of people previously in receipt of out-relief, who have started work, July 1928 - March 1929
Originally enclosed in E/CS 119/1
(5 papers)
Ref: U/CS 325List of names with rents payable to Chester-le-Street Union, 1927 - 1929
(1 file)
Ref: U/CS 331Accounts and correspondence re relief given by Chester-le-Street Union, 1929
(1 file)
Ref: U/CS 332Account of rents paid to Chester-le-Street Union and relief paid out by them, 1929
(1 file)
Assistant relieving officer's case book (Ref: U/CS 118)Ref: U/CS 118Assistant relieving officers case book, n.d.
(1 notebook, paper bound)
Statistics (Ref: U/CS 119/1, 120)Ref: U/CS 119/1Statement of the number and maintenance cost of pauper lunatics, 1912 - 1915
For enclosures see U/CS 119/2-4
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: U/CS 120Weekly returns of statistics to the Local Government Inspector, 26 December 1914 - 15 March 1919
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Correspondence (Ref: U/CS 211, 216, 234, 236, 243, 280, 303)Ref: U/CS 211File of correspondence between Gateshead Union and Chester-le-Street Union re the settlement and relief of paupers, 1907 - 1910
(1 file)
Ref: U/CS 216File of correspondence re non-settled paupers and extra relief at Christmas and New Year, 15 November 1907 -16 December 1919
(1 file)
Ref: U/CS 234Chester-le-Street Union, folder containing assessment committee correspondence, 1912 - 1914
(1 bundle)
Ref: U/CS 236File of correspondence re conference as to acceptance of paupers, 1913
(1 file)
Ref: U/CS 243File containing correspondence re administration of relief to casual paupers by Chester-le-Street Union, 4 February 1913 - 14 September 1915
(1 file)
Ref: U/CS 280Correspondence re payment of special relief to dependants of miners, 1921 - 1927
(1 file)
Ref: U/CS 303File of Chester-le-Street Union correspondence re extra-ordinary relief, 1925 - 1926
(1 file)
Boarding Out Committee Reports (Ref: U/CS 217-221, 231-233)Ref: U/CS 217Chester-le-Street Union, Boarding Out Committee visitors reports and correspondence, 1908 - 1925
(paper, 1 file)
Ref: U/CS 218Chester-le-Street Union, Boarding Out Committee visitors reports and correspondence, 1910 - 1920
(paper, 1 file)
Ref: U/CS 219Chester-le-Street Union, Boarding Out Committee visitors reports and correspondence, 1912 - 1914
(paper, 1 file)
Ref: U/CS 220Chester-le-Street Union, Boarding Out Committee visitors reports and correspondence, 1916 - 1922
(paper, 1 file)
Ref: U/CS 221Chester-le-Street Union, Boarding Out Committee visitors reports and correspondence, 1919 - 1922
(paper, 1 file)
Ref: U/CS 231Chester-le-Street Union, Boarding Out Committee, schoolmasters' reports, 1911 - 1917
(paper, 1 file)
Ref: U/CS 232Chester-le-Street Union, Boarding Out Committee, schoolmasters' reports, 1917 - 1921
(paper, 1 file)
Ref: U/CS 233Chester-le-Street Union, Boarding Out Committee, schoolmasters' reports, 1925 - 1929
(paper, 1 file)
Weekly returns of people in receipt of relief (Ref: U/CS 239-242)Ref: U/CS 239File of weekly returns of people in receipt of relief from Chester-le-Street workhouse and Union, 1913 - 1914
(1 file)
Ref: U/CS 240File of weekly returns of people in receipt of relief from Chester-le-Street workhouse and union, 1917 - 1919
(1 file)
Ref: U/CS 241File of weekly returns of people in receipt of relief from Chester-le-Street workhouse and Union, 1927 - 1928
(1 file)
Ref: U/CS 242File of weekly returns of people in receipt of relief from Chester-le-Street workhouse and Union, 1928 - 1929
(1 file)
