Ampthill Poor Law Union
This Union comprised the following parishes: Ampthill; Clophill; Cranfield; Flitton; Flitwick; Upper and Lower Gravenhurst; Haynes; Higham Gobion; Houghton Conquest; Lidlington; Marston Moretaine; Maulden; Millbrook; Pulloxhill; Shillington; Silsoe; Steppingley; Westoning
On the dissolution of Woburn Poor Law Union in 1899 the following parishes joined the Ampthill Union, forming the Woburn District: Aspley Guise; Aspley Heath; Battlesden; Eversholt; Harlington; Hulcote; Husborne Crawley; Milton Bryan; Potsgrove; Ridgmont; Salford; Tingrith; Toddington; Woburn
AGREEMENTS (PUAA) 1835-1903: various agreements such as charges on Poor Rates of specific parishes to raise money, mortgages and other loans
CORRESPONDENCE (PUAC) 1837-1930 : out letters for the full period and incoming letters for 1882-1930
DEEDS (PUAE) 1728-1901 : these being the title deeds to the workhouse of 1835 and its extension of 1901
FINANCIAL RECORDS (PUAF) 1835-193 1 : including the following series:
PUAF1: Treasurer's Book (1924-1927)
PUAF2: Treasurer's Account (1914-1920)
PUAF4: Statutory Financial Statements (1911-1927)
PUAF5: Guardians' Financial Statements (1879-1910)
PUAF7: Relieving Officer's Receipts and Expenditures (1915-1922)
PUAF8: Clothing Materials Receipts and Conversions (1912-1917) amounts of material received, clothes made etc.
PUAF10: Quarterly Provisions Receipts and Consumption (1913-1915)
PUAF11: Casuals' Provisions (1923-1929) people given shelter on a temporary basis, not long term workhouse inmates
PUAF15: Extra Provisions Accounts (1908-1920) including tobacco, snuff, tea and sugar
PUAF16: Workhouse Accounts (1835-1855) including amounts paid to various tradesmen
PUAF17: Service Register (1891-1898) including names of appointees and details of wages etc.
PUAF18: Summary of Master's Day Book (1924-1931) names of tradesmen etc.
PUAF19: Officers' Superannuation (1896-1913) names of officers and service details relating to claims
PUAF20: Grant for Officers of Union (1888-1889) expenditure on salaries, drugs etc. including names of officers
HEALTH RECORDS (PUAH) 1873-1916 : including the following series:
PUAH3: Registers of Vaccinations (1873-1921) copies of registers of births with names of children
PUAH4/1: Medical Officer's Report Book (1901-1904) names, descriptions etc. of workhouse inmates
PUAH4/2: Medical Officer's Relief Book (1909-1916) names, descriptions etc. of out-patients
PUAH5: Workhouse Medical Relief Book (1887-1890) names, descriptions etc. of workhouse inmates
GENERAL LEDGERS (PUAL) 1835-1930 with gaps : not a full series nor with consistent information given but including: tradesmen; officers; relief; migration; clothing; funeral accounts; vaccination accounts etc.
MINUTE BOOKS (PUAM) 1835-1930 : a full series
COMMITTEE RECORDS (PUAMC) 1862-1930: including the following:
PUAMC1: Assessment Committee (1862-1897) rating assessments of parishes
PUAMC2: Boarding-Out Committee (1910-1930) children boarded out, including regular lists
PUAMC3: School Attendance Committee (1885-1903) relating to parishes without School Boards (i.e. Ampthill, Clophill, Cranfield, Flitton, Upper & Lower Gravenhurst, Haynes, Higham Gobion, Houghton Conquest, Pulloxhill, Silsoe and Westoning)
PUAMC4: Special Visiting Committee (1904-1914) visitors to workhouse
PUAMC5: Visiting Committee (1896-1906) quarterly visits by Committee members to mentally ill in workhouse
PUAP4: Parochial Ledger (1897-1901) receipts and payments by constituent parishes
RELIEF (PUAR) 1839-1930: including the following:
PUAR1: Indoor Relief Lists (1908-1915) lists of workhouse inmates from each parish
PUAR2: Outdoor Relief Lists (1844-1930 with gaps) weekly lists of recipients of relief in parishes
PUAR3: Relief Order Books (1876-1930) names, addresses etc. of applicants for relief
PUAR4: Application and Report Books (1887-1930) names and details of applicants for relief
PUAR5: Early Application and Report Books (1839-1859) names and details of applicants for relief
PUAR6: Loans to Paupers (1857-1861) mainly loans for funeral expenses
PUAR7: Pauper Descriptive Lists (1835-1836) one volume for each parish in Union with full individual descriptions
VARIA (PUAV) 1836-1968 : including the following:
PUAV1: Admission and Discharge Registers (1908-1956) names etc. of those admitted to residential care
PUAV2: Admission and Discharge Registers (casuals) (1921-1931) names etc. of those admitted to temporary care
PUAV4: Form A Weekly Returns (1848-1930) statistics of workhouse inmates and those receiving outdoor relief
PUAV5: Form B Weekly Returns (1904)
PUAV6: Master's Report & Journal (1896-1948) reports include details of entertainments etc.
PUAV15: Registers of Births (1912-1936) continuation of Vaccination Registers (PUAH 3)
PUAV16/1: Register of Deaths of Infants (1906-1910)
PUAV16/2: Register of Deaths in Public Assistance Institution (1914-1951)
PUAV16/3: Register of Deaths in Three Counties Hospital (1908-1929)
PUAV17: Registers of Religious Creed (1883-1941) lists of names etc.
PUAV18: Visitor's Books (1870-1871, 1911-1913, children 1909-1910)
PUAV19: Registers of Overseers of the Poor (1903-1927) all parish overseers within the Union
PUAV20: Chaplain's Report Book (1904-1918) services held and visitations made
PUAV21: Bread & Meat Contracts (1882, 1884, 1888)
PUAV22: Workhouse Punishment Books (1853-1929) names, details of offence, punishment etc.
PUAV23: Registers of Names (1895-1914, 1938-1958) indexed
PUAV24: Register of Hospital Patients (1954-1957)
PUAV25: Wages Books (1923-1948 with gaps)
PUAV26: Vaccination Register (1932-1935) see also PUAH 3
PUAV27: Menu Book (1964-1967)
PUAV28: Inventories (1902-1947, 1964) furniture at the workhouse and later small domestic items of clothing
PUAV29: Report Books (1964-1968) report books for The Cedars Old People's Home
PUAV30: Prescription Book (1961-1965) for The Cedars Old People's Home
PUAV33: Admission & Discharge Counterfoil Book (1967-1968) patient details
PUAV34: Stock Lists (1962-1967) items of food
PUAV35: Clothing Issued (1961-1962)
PUAV36: Apprenticeship Indentures from Ampthill Union (1862-1894) the following names of apprentices occur: Anniwell; Ashton; Barratt; Beasley; Braybrooks; Burge; Clarke; Cox; Dicks; Dudley; Gudgin; Halfhead; Haytread; Heathfield; Jordan; Jepps; Kitchiner; Lancaster; Litchfield; Manton; Millard; Newbery; Newman; Nurshall; Richardson; Rogers; Wilson; Young
PUAV37: Apprenticeship Indentures to Ampthill Union (1882, 1914)
PUAV38: Apprenticeship Papers & Correspondence (1862-1873) names mentioned include: Barratt; Dudley; Millard; Rogers; Squires; Wilks
PUAV39: Removal Orders to Parishes outside the Union (1837-1914) names include: Barnes; Chesher; Frendle; Foskett; Hare; Johnson; Neal; Parnwell; Read; Spencer
PUAV40: Removal Order Within the Union (1864) Jane Plowman - Silsoe to Lower Gravenhurst
PUAV41: Removal Orders to Parishes in the Union (1837--1899) names include: Abbis; Allen; Arnold; Barker; Barnes/Burley; Berrell; Billingham; Breed; Burley; Clark; Cole; Cooper; Crawley; Day; Draper; Dunham; Ebbs; Edmunds; Faulkner; French; Goodman; Hannawell; Hare; Harrington; Hayhead; Herbert; Hosler; Izzard; Kedge; Leggatt; Litchfield; Maudlin/Mardlin; Newberry; Odell; Parker; Penwright; Peters; Phillips; Porter; Poulter/Leture; Pratt; Redman; Ruddlestone; Sanders; Simkins; Sturgess; Tall; Thompson; Timms; Tompkins; Wharton; Wheeler; Williamson
PUAV42: Return of Removals to Parishes in the Union (1841) numbers with a few names
PUAV43: Workhouse Extensions and Alterations (1883) plans, correspondence etc.
PUAV44: Plans of Proposed Workhouse Wood Chopping Sheds (1903)
PUAV45: New Windows in Children's Dayroom at Workhouse (1911)
PUAV46: Dietaries (1917) diets for various categories of inmate
PUAV47: Constabulary Force Commissioners Returns (1836) questions on law and order answered by parishes
PUAV48: Terriers of Lands & Inventories of Funds, Securities & Money (1837)
PUAV49: Rating Valuation (1899-1904) assessments of railway stations, public houses and a farm
PUAV50: Civil Registration (1899-1902) correspondence
PUAV51: Census Returns (1900-1912) instructions and background papers
PUAV52: Return of Board Schools, Parish Rooms & Reading Rooms (c.1900) with details of owners, occupiers etc.
PUAV53: Circulars & Posters (1836, 1871)
PUAV54: Workhouse Ground Plan (1895)
PUAV55: Workhouse New Board Room Plan (1901)