Collection ACC/3013 - LEWISHAM AND BROMLEY

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ACC/3013

Title

LEWISHAM AND BROMLEY

Date(s)

  • 1926 (Creation)

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0.01 linear metres

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Biographical history

Under the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, the Poor Law Commission was given the power to unite parishes in England and Wales into Poor Law Unions. Each Union was to be administered by a local Board of Guardians. Relief was to be provided through the provision of a workhouse. Although there was some reorganisation of union boundaries, particularly in London, the majority of Unions created under the 1834 Act remained in operation until 1930.

The Lewisham Poor Law Union was formed in 1836 from the parishes of Lewisham, Charlton, Eltham, Mottingham, Kidbrooke, Lee and Plumstead. In 1887 the parish of Mottingham separated to become part of the Bromley Union.

Archival history

ACC/3013 1926 Collection 0.01 linear metres Lewisham Poor Law Union x Lewisham Board of Guardians
Bromley Poor Law Union x Bromley Board of Guardians

Under the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, the Poor Law Commission was given the power to unite parishes in England and Wales into Poor Law Unions. Each Union was to be administered by a local Board of Guardians. Relief was to be provided through the provision of a workhouse. Although there was some reorganisation of union boundaries, particularly in London, the majority of Unions created under the 1834 Act remained in operation until 1930.

The Lewisham Poor Law Union was formed in 1836 from the parishes of Lewisham, Charlton, Eltham, Mottingham, Kidbrooke, Lee and Plumstead. In 1887 the parish of Mottingham separated to become part of the Bromley Union.

Received in 1992 (Acc/3013).

Correspondence, with plan, between Bromley and Lewisham Boards of Guardians concerning county boundary passing through houses on the Downham Estate, Lewisham, 1926. At this date Bromley was in Kent while Lewisham was in London.

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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For the records of Lewisham Board of Guardians see reference LEBG.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. April to June 2009 Bromley (district) Bromley Poor Law Union x Bromley Board of Guardians Lewisham Poor Law Union x Lewisham Board of Guardians Visual materials Maps Poor Law union Local boards Poor Law boards of guardians Government Public administration Local government Local government boundaries Bromley London England UK Western Europe Tower Hamlets Lewisham (district) Lewisham Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received in 1992 (Acc/3013).

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Scope and content

Correspondence, with plan, between Bromley and Lewisham Boards of Guardians concerning county boundary passing through houses on the Downham Estate, Lewisham, 1926. At this date Bromley was in Kent while Lewisham was in London.

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One item

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Available for general access.

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Copyright: City of London

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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For the records of Lewisham Board of Guardians see reference LEBG.

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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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London Metropolitan Archives

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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