Archive Collection AUWH - Alnwick Union Workhouse Archive

Identity area

Reference code

AUWH

Title

Alnwick Union Workhouse Archive

Date(s)

  • 1851 - 1859 (Creation)

Level of description

Archive Collection

Extent and medium

1 Box(es)

Context area

Name of creator

(1840-1930)

Administrative history

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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Acquisition details for this collection are unknown.

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Scope and content

Report of the Workhouse Committee upon the subject of the charges brought by Mr Carr, the Clerk of the Board, against Mr Johnson, the Master of the Workhouse, in regards to misappropriation of food intended for the inmates.

The examined evidence includes a vastly detailed record of the finances and the purchases of the workhouse over a six-month period, such as the weekly consumption of different commodities from bread and beef to split peas and soap, which could be of considerable interest to the social and economic historian. Other material includes the detail of Carr's charges, minutes of the meetings at which they were considered, witness statements and documents revealing the care with which Alnwick Workhouse was managed.

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Accruals

No further accruals are expected.

System of arrangement

Chronological

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Conditions governing access

Open

Conditions governing reproduction

UK copyright law applies

Language of material

  • English

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Note

Preferred citation: Alnwick Union Workhouse Archive, AUWH, held at Special Collections Newcastle University Library.

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Description identifier

gb186-auwh

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Archivist's note

This EAD description created 3/19/2019.

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