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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 109

Particulars of applications for relief, 1929
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: U/CS 110

Particulars of applications for relief, 1929
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: U/CS 111

Particulars of applications for relief, 1929 - 1930
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: U/CS 259

List of claims of people residing in the districts of Plawsworth and Waldridge, n.d. [1915]
(1 file)

Ref: U/CS 273

Cases 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 112

Papers relating to out relief for unemployment, 1929
(13 papers)

Ref: U/CS 113

Register of outdoor relief, n.d.
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: U/CS 115

Out relief payment book, Edmondsley and Witton Gilbert, n.d. c.1929
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: U/CS 116

Out relief payment book, Chester-le-Street, Waldridge and Pelton Fell, 1930
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: U/CS 117

Out relief payment book, Great Lumley, 1929
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: U/CS 119/2

Copy 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 119/3

Statistical returns of people in receipt of out-relief, 1921 - 30 March 1929 Originally enclosed in U/CS 119/1
(5 papers)

Ref: U/CS 119/4

Lists 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 325

List of names with rents payable to Chester-le-Street Union, 1927 - 1929
(1 file)

Ref: U/CS 331

Accounts and correspondence re relief given by Chester-le-Street Union, 1929
(1 file)

Ref: U/CS 332

Account 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 118

Assistant relieving officers case book, n.d.
(1 notebook, paper bound)

Statistics (Ref: U/CS 119/1, 120)Ref: U/CS 119/1

Statement 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 120

Weekly 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 211

File of correspondence between Gateshead Union and Chester-le-Street Union re the settlement and relief of paupers, 1907 - 1910
(1 file)

Ref: U/CS 216

File 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 234

Chester-le-Street Union, folder containing assessment committee correspondence, 1912 - 1914
(1 bundle)

Ref: U/CS 236

File of correspondence re conference as to acceptance of paupers, 1913
(1 file)

Ref: U/CS 243

File 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 280

Correspondence re payment of special relief to dependants of miners, 1921 - 1927
(1 file)

Ref: U/CS 303

File 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 217

Chester-le-Street Union, Boarding Out Committee visitors reports and correspondence, 1908 - 1925
(paper, 1 file)

Ref: U/CS 218

Chester-le-Street Union, Boarding Out Committee visitors reports and correspondence, 1910 - 1920
(paper, 1 file)

Ref: U/CS 219

Chester-le-Street Union, Boarding Out Committee visitors reports and correspondence, 1912 - 1914
(paper, 1 file)

Ref: U/CS 220

Chester-le-Street Union, Boarding Out Committee visitors reports and correspondence, 1916 - 1922
(paper, 1 file)

Ref: U/CS 221

Chester-le-Street Union, Boarding Out Committee visitors reports and correspondence, 1919 - 1922
(paper, 1 file)

Ref: U/CS 231

Chester-le-Street Union, Boarding Out Committee, schoolmasters' reports, 1911 - 1917
(paper, 1 file)

Ref: U/CS 232

Chester-le-Street Union, Boarding Out Committee, schoolmasters' reports, 1917 - 1921
(paper, 1 file)

Ref: U/CS 233

Chester-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 239

File of weekly returns of people in receipt of relief from Chester-le-Street workhouse and Union, 1913 - 1914
(1 file)

Ref: U/CS 240

File of weekly returns of people in receipt of relief from Chester-le-Street workhouse and union, 1917 - 1919
(1 file)

Ref: U/CS 241

File of weekly returns of people in receipt of relief from Chester-le-Street workhouse and Union, 1927 - 1928
(1 file)

Ref: U/CS 242

File of weekly returns of people in receipt of relief from Chester-le-Street workhouse and Union, 1928 - 1929
(1 file)



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