Official Records include those of the County Council and other local authorities, particularly Quarter Sessions, Boroughs, Urban and Rural District Councils and present day District and Parish Councils, Hospitals, Poor Law Unions, Water Boards, Police and Schools and Colleges.
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Example of a settlement examination - one of the many types of record of pre-1834 poor law administration available in the archives.