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Blackley was one of the constituent townships for Manchester Poor Law Union.
Poor law records for Blackley township, 1822, 1838-1895 Microfilm of original records formerly at the Manchester Archives, Central Library in Manchester, England.
Blackley was a chapelry and a subdistrict in Manchester parish and district.
"Townships were a division of a parish which formed a unit of local administration; it levied a separate Poor Rate and appointed a constable." -- The Local Historian's Encyclopedia, p. 35.
Includes names of occupiers, names of owners, description of property, name or situation of property, rateable values, amounts assessed and collected. Manchester Archives Central Library call nos.: M 9/40/4/5/1, 9-84.
Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2002 on 11 microfilm reels
| Content |
Film |
| Poor rate assessments, 1822, 1838-1845 (to pg. 17). |
VAULT BRITISH Film 2354797 Items 2 - 10 |
| Poor rate assessments, 1845 (from pg. 17)-1852. |
VAULT BRITISH Film 2354798 |
| Poor rate assessments, 1853-1859 (to pg. 100). |
VAULT BRITISH Film 2354799 |
| Poor rate assessments, 1859 (from pg. 100)-1866 (to pg. 65). |
VAULT BRITISH Film 2354800 |
| Poor rate assessments, 1866 (from pg. 65)-1872 (to pg. 125). |
VAULT BRITISH Film 2354801 |
| Poor rate assessments, 1872 (from pg. 125)-1877 (includes lighting rates, 1876-1877). |
VAULT BRITISH Film 2354802 |
| Poor and sanitary rate assessments, 1878-1881. |
VAULT BRITISH Film 2354803 |
| Poor and sanitary rate assessments, 1882-1885 (to sanitary rates, pg. 75). |
VAULT BRITISH Film 2354804 |
| Poor and sanitary rate assessments, 1885 (from sanitary rates, pg. 75)-1889 (to poor rates). |
VAULT BRITISH Film 2355103 |
| Poor and sanitary rate assessments, 1889 (from sanitary rates)-1893. |
VAULT BRITISH Film 2355104 |
| Poor rate assessments, 1895. |
VAULT BRITISH Film 2355105 Item 1 |
Web Sites
http://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/448/archives_and_local_studies/3812/poor_law_and_workhouse_records/1 Greater Manchester County Record Office (Manchester Archive website)
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