Wellington Poor Law Union
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- Place: Wellington, Shropshire
- Place: Shropshire Archives
- System Reference: XPL14
- Document Reference: PL14
- Finding Aids: Former S.R.O. bundle numbers and reference numbers are given next to the description of each item.
- Date: 1797 - 1930
- Level: Collection
- Extent: 102 Files
- Creator: Wellington Poor Law Union, 1836 - 1930
- Held At: Shropshire Archives
- Tags:Social welfare
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- Conditions: private
- Creator Name: Wellington Poor Law Union, 1836 - 1930
- Admin History This Union was set up following the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. A House of Industry had been established about 1797 but very few of its records have survived; the new Union came into being in June 1836. The Union's functions were taken over by the County Council in 1930.
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