South Shields St. Hilda Parish
Reference: EP/SS.SH Catalogue Title: South Shields St. Hilda Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description: 07 Overseers of the Poor
Covering Dates: 1670-1917
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- South Shields St. Hilda Parish
- South Shields St. Hilda Parish - 07 Overseers of the Poor (Ref: EP/SS.SH)
- Minutes (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 01)
- Financial records (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 02)
- Accounts (Ref: EP/SS.SH)
- Rate books (Ref: EP/SS.SH)
- Removal certificates (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 03)
- Bastardy (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 04)
- Apprenticeship (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 05)
- Board of Guardians (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 06)
- Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 07)
Catalogue Contents
South Shields St. Hilda Parish - 07 Overseers of the Poor (Ref: EP/SS.SH)Minutes (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 01)
7/3
Ref: EP/SS.SH 7/3Minute Book of the Select Vestry for the care and maintenance of the poor Provisions for such a Vestry in townships where the poor rate was high were made under the Sturges Bourne Poor Law Amendment Act of 1819
Enfolded: Report on All Saints' Workhouse, 1824 - 1837
(1 volume, 2 papers)
Financial records (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 02)Rate books (Ref: EP/SS.SH)7/1A-2
Ref: EP/SS.SH 7/1AChurch Rate Book for the relief of the poor and upkeep and repair of the church. Includes also minutes of vestry meetings at which churchwardens were elected and the rate for the annual assessment was decided upon, from 1670
(1 volume)
Ref: EP/SS.SH 7/2Poor rate book for the township of South Shields, 22 June 1789 - 27 February 1791
(1 volume)
Accounts (Ref: EP/SS.SH)7/1B
Ref: EP/SS.SH 7/1BAccount Book of the Overseers of the Poor 16 April 1766 - 29 April 1789. Includes also minutes of Vestry meetings at which matters concerning the poor of the parish were discussed, 10 April 1771 - 22 April 1794, and a proposed bill of fare for the inmates of South Shields Workhouse, 13 November 1780
(1 volume)
Removal certificates (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 03)7/4
Ref: EP/SS.SH 7/4Certificate of removal of William Potts from the township of South Shields to the township of Westoe, 1 May 1788
(1 paper)
Bastardy (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 04)7/5-6
Ref: EP/SS.SH 7/5Warrant for the apprehension of William Crosby of South Shields, mariner, father of the bastard child of Elizabeth Forster, 6 June 1788
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/SS.SH 7/629 January 1791
(1) John Coulter of Newcastle-on-Tyne land waiter in H.M. Customs and Richard Armstrong of North Shields, common brewer
(2) Nicholas Teasdale and Lockwood Broderick, the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of South Shields
Bond of indemnity in £50 for the payment of costs incurred by the birth of the bastard child of Isabella Creighton
(2 papers)
Apprenticeship (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 05)14/242
Ref: EP/SS.SH 14/24229 January 1791
(1) William Ramsey (aged 10) a poor child of South Shields
(2) Richard Bell of Chester-le-Street, surgeon
Apprenticeship indenture binding (1) to (2) until he reaches the age of 21 to learn the trade of servant
(1 paper)
Board of Guardians (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 06)7/8A
Ref: EP/SS.SH 7/8APrinted list of South Shields Union guardians of the poor, with list of proposed meetings, 30 March 1844
(1 file)
Miscellaneous (Ref: EP/SS.SH section 07)7/7, 8B, 9
Ref: EP/SS.SH 7/7Copy of an "Act to amend the laws for the relief of the poor", 31 March 1819
(1 file)
Ref: EP/SS.SH 7/8BPrinted notice of a meeting of the Vestry to discuss an application by the Town Council for power to appoint Overseers and Assistant Overseers, 8 January 1897
(1 paper)
Ref: EP/SS.SH 7/9Copy letter of James Sedcole to the Harton Coal Co. Ltd. thanking them for a donation towards the fund for providing coal for the poor, 9 February 1917
(1 paper)
