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  • Hungerford Overseer’s papers 1654-1834 Quick View
    • Hungerford Overseer’s papers 1654-1834 Quick View
    • Books, Local and Social History, Poor Law
    • Hungerford Overseer’s papers 1654-1834

    • £25.00
    • Berkshire Record Society Volume 27 is a calendar of nearly a thousand poor law cases papers together with other papers relating to attorney bills, and extracts of vestry business, overseer's accounts and Quarter Sessions order books.
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  • Abingdon Union MiscellanyAbingdon Union Miscellany Quick View
    • Abingdon Union MiscellanyAbingdon Union Miscellany Quick View
    • Books, Poor Law
    • Abingdon Union Miscellany

    • £4.00
    • A miscellany of records including a Register of Deaths 1866/1894, an Order for Custody of Children 1903, an Order for the appointment of a Guardian for a bastard child 1874 and some Pauper Examinations and Removal Orders dated between 1883 and 1920
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  • Berkshire Overseers’ Papers  (CD) Quick View
    • Berkshire Overseers’ Papers  (CD) Quick View
    • Berkshire FHS Publications, CDs, Parish Registers - all denominations, Poor Law, Recommended
    • Berkshire Overseers’ Papers (CD)

    • £20.00
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  • Bradfield Union MiscellanyBradfield Union Miscellany Quick View
    • Bradfield Union MiscellanyBradfield Union Miscellany Quick View
    • Books, Poor Law
    • Bradfield Union Miscellany

    • £5.00
    • Including Informations and Complaints against paupers 1835/1846, Admissions and Discharges for Bradfield Union School between September 1850 and March 1853, a Paupers' Service Book 1851/1911, and abstracts of Boarding Out Committee Minutes 1911/1915
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  • Cookham Poor Law Union, Workhouse Births & Deaths, 1836-1868Cookham Poor Law Union, Workhouse Births & Deaths, 1836-1868 Quick View
    • Cookham Poor Law Union, Workhouse Births & Deaths, 1836-1868Cookham Poor Law Union, Workhouse Births & Deaths, 1836-1868 Quick View
    • Books, Parish Registers - all denominations, Poor Law
    • Cookham Poor Law Union, Workhouse Births & Deaths, 1836-1868

    • £3.00
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  • Easthampstead Poor Law Union – Workhouse Births & Deaths 1849-1914Easthampstead Poor Law Union – Workhouse Births & Deaths 1849-1914 Quick View
    • Easthampstead Poor Law Union – Workhouse Births & Deaths 1849-1914Easthampstead Poor Law Union – Workhouse Births & Deaths 1849-1914 Quick View
    • Books, Parish Registers - all denominations, Poor Law
    • Easthampstead Poor Law Union – Workhouse Births & Deaths 1849-1914

    • £3.50
    • The Easthampstead Poor Law Union was formed in 1835 and comprised the parishes of Binfield, Easthampstead, Sandhurst, Warfield and Winkfield with Ascot. This booklet will be of much use to those with ancestors born with in the Easthampstead Union.
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  • Eton Poor Law Union and Registration District – BirthsEton Poor Law Union and Registration District – Births Quick View
    • Eton Poor Law Union and Registration District – BirthsEton Poor Law Union and Registration District – Births Quick View
    • Books, Parish Registers - all denominations, Poor Law
    • Eton Poor Law Union and Registration District – Births

    • £3.00
    • NEW LOWER PRICE Workhouse Births 1837-1848, Burnham Sub District Births 1893-1897
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  • Eton Poor Law Union and Registration District, DeathsEton Poor Law Union and Registration District, Deaths Quick View
    • Eton Poor Law Union and Registration District, DeathsEton Poor Law Union and Registration District, Deaths Quick View
    • Books, Parish Registers - all denominations, Poor Law
    • Eton Poor Law Union and Registration District, Deaths

    • £4.00
    • NEW LOWER PRICE Workhouse Deaths 1848-1900, Burnham Sub District Infant Deaths 1879-1885
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  • Henley Union Workhouse, The Story of TownlandsHenley Union Workhouse, The Story of Townlands Quick View
    • Henley Union Workhouse, The Story of TownlandsHenley Union Workhouse, The Story of Townlands Quick View
    • Books, Poor Law
    • Henley Union Workhouse, The Story of Townlands

    • £14.95
    • This book is a comprehensive account of the Henley Union Workhouse from its inception in 1652 until its handover to the NHS in 1948. Meticulously researched by local researcher, well - illustrated with eight appendices and a bibliography.
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  • Hungerford Poor Law Union, Workhouse Births and Deaths, 1866-1914 & Paupers’ Service Book, 1877-1917Hungerford Poor Law Union, Workhouse Births and Deaths, 1866-1914 & Paupers’ Service Book, 1877-1917 Quick View
    • Hungerford Poor Law Union, Workhouse Births and Deaths, 1866-1914 & Paupers’ Service Book, 1877-1917Hungerford Poor Law Union, Workhouse Births and Deaths, 1866-1914 & Paupers’ Service Book, 1877-1917 Quick View
    • Books, Parish Registers - all denominations, Poor Law
    • Hungerford Poor Law Union, Workhouse Births and Deaths, 1866-1914 & Paupers’ Service Book, 1877-1917

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    • Workhouse Births & Deaths 1866-1914, Paupers' Service Book 1877-1917
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  • Newbury Kendrick Workhouse Records 1627-1641, (Berkshire Record Society Volume 8) Quick View
    • Newbury Kendrick Workhouse Records 1627-1641, (Berkshire Record Society Volume 8) Quick View
    • Books, Poor Law
    • Newbury Kendrick Workhouse Records 1627-1641, (Berkshire Record Society Volume 8)

    • £25.00
    • The detailed account book of the workhouse set up under the will of John Kendrick to provide for cloth workers suffering hardship as a result of the decline in the cloth trade. Contains much information about cloth making in Berkshire.
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  • Newbury Poor Law Union – Workhouse Births 1836-1909 and Deaths 1868-1909Newbury Poor Law Union – Workhouse Births 1836-1909 and Deaths 1868-1909 Quick View
    • Newbury Poor Law Union – Workhouse Births 1836-1909 and Deaths 1868-1909Newbury Poor Law Union – Workhouse Births 1836-1909 and Deaths 1868-1909 Quick View
    • Books, Parish Registers - all denominations, Poor Law
    • Newbury Poor Law Union – Workhouse Births 1836-1909 and Deaths 1868-1909

    • £5.50
    • Births 1836-1909; Deaths 1868-1909
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