Bedford Poor Law Union Letters 1846 to 1849
Document ref.PUBC2/5/2 is a volume of letters received by the Bedford Poor Law Union Guardians. They include details of individual paupers, emigration, employment, vaccination and the general administration of the workhouse..
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Arnold, John emigration of with children in 1848 pages 769-772
Bailey, WIlliam, Medical Officer page 645, 813, 1025
Bandy, Thomas collector of poor rates for Ravensden page 699
Barker, Thomas Herbert assistant medical officer pages 1049-50
Bartram, Sarah of WIlden pages 919-922
Bird, George of Souldrop wife and four children, ouit relief page 639-40
Bligh, Richard medical officer page 1027
Bread, recipe for Hominy bread page 627, 949
Brooks, William collector of poor rates for Kempston pages 837-8
Brown, Mary Ann nurse at Bedford Union page 611
Chapman, William relieving officer page 911, 1017, 1041
CHILDREN pages 583
CHOLERA pages 895, 1045-9, 1057-59, 1063, 1103
Coombs, John collector of poor rates page 785
Coombs, William collector of poor rates page 785, 1041
Cowley, Robert rate collector in Clapham pages 807-8, 811-12
Cranfield, Jonathan collector of rates fro Eastcotts pages 1003-4, 1015
DISINFECTANT pages 651-3
Ellard, Francis of ST Paul, Bedford 4 children in workhouse wife no longer resident paged701-702
EMIGRATION pages 559, 725-6, 735, 769-72, 809, 869-71, 877-8, 893, 897-9, 903-9, 1089-90
Favell, John of Carlton
Finch, George, wife and 4 children provision of bread for page 659-60
Goddard, William with wife and 5 children quitting workhouse page 927, 939-40
Hambley, Joseph resignation as medical officer of Barford District page 557
Haylock, Isabella of Clapham, widow page 757-8
Hickton, Mr relieving officer page 959
Hill, Philip rate collector for Wootton page 1005, 1013
HOUSING pages 983-6
Hurst, R C assistant medical officer pages 1047-8
Jones, Evan relieving officer page 667-8
KEMPSTON parish valuation pages 615-6, 623, 765
KEYSOE sale of parish property page 851
Linum, John and family relief of pages 913-4
Linum, William and family relief of pages 913-4
Lovell, William of Keysoe, wife and 5 children out relief 1847 pages 639-40, LUNACY pages 695, 709-711, 929-31
Marshall, William and family provision of bread pages 787-8
Martin, Elizabeth matron of workhouse pages 537, 547, 815-6, 823
Martin, Thomas master of workhouse pages 537, 547, 815-6, 823
Newman, Ellen of St Paul, Bedford, widow with 4 children page 647-8
Norman, Jane and child in Bigglewade and Bedford Unions page 947-8
Odell, Edward valuer page 615
Pain, Joseph valuer, page 615
Peek, W assistant medical officer pages 1047-8
REGISTRAR page 1109
Rudge, Lewis medical officer for Barford District page 569, 1021
Spence, Benajmin schoolmaster page 1073, 1097-8
Thurnall, W assistant medical officer pages 1049-50
VACCINATION pages 533, 693, 727-8, 881,901, 1081, 1091, 1101-1107
Weale, Assistant Commissioner pages 589-596, 721-2, 923-5
Willis, Richard contractor for bread page 633
Woodrow, Maria schoolmistress of Bedford Union page 537, 548, 1077
WORKHOUSE diet pages 625-7, 633-4, 759, 933-5
WORKHOUSE employment in pages 589-98, 609