Parish administration, charity and the law, 1750-1850
Subtitle: a guide to Lancashire records
By: edited by John Baker ... [et al.].
Contributors: Baker, John.; University of Central Lancashire.
Publisher: University of Central Lancashire
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Preston, England, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 94
Subjects: Poor -- England -- Lancashire -- History -- Archival resources; Poor laws -- England -- Lancashire -- History -- Archival resources; Church records and registers -- England -- Lancashire; Lancashire (England) -- History -- Archival resources; Lancashire (England) -- History
Other titles: Guide to Lancashire records.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1.1   Churchwardens and Ecclesiastical Business:  11; title: Accounts; title: 1.2   Vestry Records                              15; title: 1.3   Township and Ratepayers' Minutes and; title: Accounts                                   17; title: 1.4   Church Fabric and Miscellaneous             19; title: 2     Endowments, Tithes and Awards               31; title: 3     Parish Registers                            39; title: 4     Miscellaneous Parish Administration         49; title: 5.1   Charities                                   52; title: 5.2   Schools                                     58; title: 6     Surveyor of Parish Highways                 63; title: 7.1   Parish Constables                           67; title: 7.2   Association for the Prosecution of Felons   69; title: 8     Militia                                     70; title: 9.1   Borough Records on the Maintenance of Public; title: Order                                      71; title: 9.2   County Police Records                       71; title: 10.1  Justices and Jurors                        72; title: 10.2  Clerks of the Peace                        72; title: 10.3  Petitions and Sessions                     73; title: 10.4  Indictments, Charges, Convictions, etc.    73; title: 11    Gaols and Prisoners                        73; title: 12    Loan Societies                             75; title: British Parliamentary Papers: Select Bibliography on Parish; title: Administration, Charity and the Law                           76; title: Parish Administration, Charity and the Law: Selected Documents  82; title: Note on editors                                               94