~ Paupers of the Cleobury Mortimer Union ~
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RELIEVING OFFICER'S RFECORDS
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Although covering only a very short period of five years, they are the first records of the Union and very detailed. The application books include full family information with ages, residence, status of adults, disability and medical situation, need for relief, detailed observations (many of which are quite pithy), discretionary relief granted, decision of guardians etc. The outdoor relief books have less detail – but give full names and year of birth, with weekly relief amounts in money and kind. There are often comments, particularly when relief comes to an end.
There are over 10,000 lines in the outdoor relief books and some 2,000 or so cases in the application books.
| SOURCE SET 4 | ||
 RELIEVING OFFICER'S RECORDS |
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| Type: Structured / semi-structured | Period: Poor Law Union | |
| Poor Law Union – Application and report books | 1837 – 1841 | 617pp |
| Poor Law Union – Outdoor relief books | 1837 – 1841, 1849 | 603pp |
| Poor Law Union – Diaries of relieving officer | 7 weekly diaries |