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London Metropolitan Archives

METROPOLITAN UNIONS


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): O/523

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: METROPOLITAN UNIONS

Date(s): 1875

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.01 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Metropolitan Poor Law Unions

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Until 1834 the local authority responsible for poor relief was the parish. After the passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act, all except the largest parishes were forced to combine into poor law unions which elected Boards of Guardians which took over responsibility for poor relief. Some London parishes which had before 1834 obtained local acts of Parliament to regulate their administration of poor relief were able to continue their existing arrangements until 1867, when the Metropolitan Poor Act forced all London parishes to come under the control of Boards of Guardians.

Metropolitan parishes and unions were those falling within the Metropolis: London and those parts of neighbouring Middlesex, Essex, Surrey and Kent which had become increasingly urbanised. Valuation was the process of determining how much rates (local tax) should be paid by each property owner in an area.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Printed list of gross and rateable values of valuation lists for Metropolitan parishes and unions, 1875.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

One item

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright: City of London.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

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

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Received in 1956 (AC/56/050).

ALLIED MATERIALS

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Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Rules or conventions: 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.

Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2009


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Civil parishes | Parishes | Administrative units | Local government | Public administration | Government
Community charge | Taxation | Fiscal policy | Finance
Poor Law union | Local government | Public administration | Government
Poor rates | Rates (documents) | Documents | Information sources
Valuation | Accounting | Financial administration | Finance

Personal names

Corporate names

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe