Poor Law Records

Archived records of Poor Law Records

From 1837 the poor law was administered by the Boards of Guardians. The records of the Kensington, Fulham (except for vaccination registers) and Hammersmith Boards of Guardians are held in the London Metropolitan Archives www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma

Fulham

Workhouse Committee minutes 1771-1820.

Select Vestry for the Poor minutes 1820-1823, 1826-1833.

Overseers’ accounts 1625-1642, 1712-1838.

Apprenticeship indentures 1666-1750.

Settlement examinations 1778-1808, 1817-1827.

Workhouse provisions accounts 1818-1824.

List of workhouse inmates 1785/86.

Hammersmith

Select Vestry for the Poor minutes 1823-1837.

Overseers’ minutes 1848-1900.

Overseers’ accounts 1795-1800, 1822-1830, 1856-1889.

Apprenticeship indentures 1810-1832.

Removal orders 1798-1833.