Identity Statement
Title | Rathdrum Poor Law Union |
Archive Reference | IE WLAA/PLU/R |
Web Link to this Entry | https://iar.ie/archive/rhdrum-poor-law-union |
Creation Dates | 1839-1922 |
Extent Medium | 224 items (6 series) |
Context
Creator(s): Rathdrum Board of Guardians
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Administrative History ↴
The Poor Law Unions were bodies established by the Poor Law Act, 1838, as a response to widespread poverty. Each Poor Law Union area had a workhouse and was supervised by a Board of Guardians. The Poor Law Commission (and later the Local Government Board) in Dublin was the central authority for the Poor Law Unions. ‘Poor Rates’ were collected in each Union to fund relief for the local destitute poor. The functions of the Boards of Guardians were gradually extended to include public health and rural housing and sanitation until their abolition in 1923. Minute books are the largest series of poor law archives, however indoor relief registers, financial accounts and correspondence also survive for some areas. The inaugural meeting of the Rathdrum Board of Guardians took place in 1839 and the Rathdrum Workhouse was established in 1842. -
Archival History ↴
Official Transfer -
Immediate Source Acquisition ↴
Official Transfer
Content & Structure
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Scope & Content: Rathdrum Board of Guardians ↴
The records of the Poor Law Union of Rathdrum include Board of Guardian Minute Books, Indoor Relief Registers, Admission and Discharge Books and Financial Statement Books.
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Appraisal Destruction ↴
Permanent Retention -
Accruals ↴
Not expected. -
Arrangement ↴
The fonds is arranged into 6 series. The series codes, series titles and extent are as follows:
PLUR/M: Board of Guardian Minutes (1839 – 1921) – 134 items;
PLUR/WR: Workhouse Registers – Admission and discharge registers, indoor relief registers and combined registers and statistical records (1849 – 1914) – 32 items;
PLUR/WA: Admission and Discharge Registers Rathdrum Workhouse (1850 – 1921) – 37 items;
PLUR/FE: Financial Statement Book – Expenditure (1899 – 1922) – 7 items;
PLUR/H: Admissions and Discharge Registers Rathdrum County Home (1923 – 1948) – 12 items;
PLUR/P: Provisions Check Account Book (1907 – 1922) – 2 items
Poor Law Union Rathdrum
Board of Guardian Minutes
PLUR/M/1-1341. 5 November 1839 – 26 September 1843
2. 28 November 1843 – 29 October 1844
3. 2 September 1845 – 15 October 1847
4. 12 October 1847 – 11 January 1848
5. 15 January 1848 – 4 November 1848
6. 18 September 1849 – 23 April 1850
7. 1849 – Rough Minute Book
8. 14 May 1850 – 10 December 1850
9. 14 December 1850 – 8 July 1851
10. 15 July 1851 – 3 February 1852
11. 7 February 1852 – 31 August 1852
12. 7 September 1852 – 29 March 1853
13. 5 April 1853 – 4 October 1853
14. 11 October 1853 – 11 April 1854
15. 18 April 1854 – 17 October 1854
16. 24 October 1854 – 24 April 1855
17. 1 May 1855 – 30 October 1855
18. 6 November 1855 – 6 May 1856
19. 13 May 1856 – 11 November 1856
20. 18 November 1856 – 19 May 1857
21. 26 May 1857 – 24 November 1857
22. 1 December 1857 – 1 June 1858
23. 8 June 1858 – 7 December 1858
24. 14 December 1858 – 14 June 1859
25. 21 June 1859 – 20 December 1859 (1 meeting only)
26. 27 December 1859 (1 meeting only)
27. 27 December 1859 – 19 June 1860
28. 26 June 1860 – 23 December 1860
29. 1 January 1861 – 2 July 1861
30. 9 July 1861 – 7 January 1862
31. 11 January 1862 – 11 July 1862
32. 22 July 1862 – 20 January 1863
33. 27 January 1863 – 4 August 1863
34. 11 August 1863 – 9 February 1864
35. 16 February 1864 – 2 August 1864
36. 29 August 1865 – 27 February 1866
37. 16 August 1864 – 14 February 1865
38. 21 February 1865 – 22 August 1865
39. 6 March 1866 – 28 August 1866
40. 4 September 1866 – 5 March 1867
41. 12 March 1867 – 10 September 1867
42. 17 September 1867 – 17 March 1868
43. 24 March 1868 – 22 September 1868
44. 29 September 1868 – 6 April 1869
45. 20 April 1869 – 5 October 1869
46. 12 October 1869 – 29 March 1870
47. 3 April 1870 – 27 September 1870
48. 4 October 1870 – 20 March 1871
49. 4 April 1871 – 26 September 1871
50. 3 October 1871 – 19 March 1872
51. 26 March 1872 – 1 October 1872
52. 8 October 1872 – 15 April 1873
53. 22 April 1873 – 28 October 1873
54. 4 November 1873 – 12 May 1874
55. 19 May 1874 – 24 November 1874
56. 1 February 1874 – 6 June 1875
57. 15 June 1875 – 21 December 1875
58. 28 December 1875 – 4 July 1876
59. 11 July 1876 – 16 January 1877
60. 23 January 1877 – 31 July 1877
61. 7 August 1877 – 12 February 1878
62. 3 September 1878 – 11 March 1879
63. 18 March 1879 – 26 September 1879
64. 3 October 1879 – 2 April 1880
65. 9 April 1880 – 8 October 1880
66. 15 October 1880 – 22 April 1881
67. 29 April 1881- 4 November 1881
68. 11 November 1881 – 19 May 1882
69. 26 May 1882 – 24 November 1882
70. 1 December 1882 – 8 June 1883
71. 9 June 1883 – 25 December 1883
72. 2 January 1884 -9 July 1884
73. 16 July 1884 – 21 January 1885
74. 28 January 1885 – 5 August 1885
75. 12 August 1885 – 17 January 1886
76. 24 February 1886 – 1 September 1886
77. 8 September 1886 – 16 March 1887
78. 23 March 1887 – 28 September 1887
79. 5 October 1887 – 11 April 1888
80. 18 April 1888 – 24 October 1888
81. 31 October 1888 – 15 May 1889
82. 22 May 1889 – 22 November 1889
83. 4 December 1889 – 11 June 1890
84. 18 June 1890 – 20 December 1890
85. 31 December 1890 – 8 July 1891
86. 15 July 1891 – 20 January 1892
87. 27 January 1892 – 3 August 1892
88. 10 August 1892 – 17 February 1893
89. 24 February 1893 – 1 September 1893
90. 8 September 1893 – 16 March 1894
91. 23 September 1894 – 28 September 1894
92. 5 October 1894 – 12 April 1895
93. 19 April 1895 – 1 November 1895
94. 8 November 1895 – 15 May 1896
95. 22 May 1896 – 22 November 1896
96. 4 December 1896 – 25 June 1897
97. 2 July 1897 – 14 January 1898
98. 21 January 1898 – 5 August 1898
99. 13 August 1898 – 12 February 1899
100. 24 February 1899 – 14 July 1899
101. 21 July 1899 – 19 January 1900
102. 26 January 1900 – 3 August 1900
103. 10 August 1900 – 25 February 1901
104. 4 March 1901 – 16 September 1901
105. 23 September 1901 – 7 April 1902
106. 14 April 1902 – 27 October 1902
107. 3 November 1902 – 11 May 1903
108. 18 May 1903 – 16 November 1903 Financial Minutes
109. 23 November 1903 – 16 May 1904
110. 30 May 1904 – 12 December 1904
111. 2 January 1905 – 10 February 1905
112. 17 July 1905 – 12 February 1906
113. 24 September 1906 – 15 April 1907
114. 22 April 1907 – 21 October 1907 Financial Minutes
115. 28 October 1907 – 4 May 1908
116. 11 May 1908 – 16 November 1908
117. 23 November 1908 – 7 June 1909
118. 8 June 1909 – 13 December 1909
119. 20 December 1909 – 18 July 1910
120. July 1910 – 6 March 1911
121. 13 March 1911 – 2 October 1911
122. 9 October 1911 – 29 April 1912
123. April 1912 – 18 November 1912
124. 25 November 1912 – 14 June 1913
125. 30 June 1913 – 12 January 1914
126. 9 March 1914 – 28 December 1914
127. 9 January 1914 – 2 March 1914
128. 4 January 1915 – 20 December 1915
129. 25 December 1915 – 18 December 1916
130. 1 January 1917 – 24 December 1917
131. 7 January 1918 – 30 December 1918
132. 6 January 1919 – 29 December 1919
133. 5 January 1920 – 22 December 1920
134. 3 January 1921 – 31 December 1921Poor Law Union Rathdrum
Workhouse Registers
PLUR/WR/1-321. 22 May 1849 – 15 August 1850
2. 22 March 1842 – 10 December 1852
3. 13 December 1852 – 26 January 1855
4. 26 January 1855 – 23 June 1859
5. 24 June 1859 – 4 November 1862
6. 4 November 1862 – 21 November 1865
7. 26 March 1868 – 10 March 1870
8. 10 March 1870 – 14 November 1872
9. 14 November 1872 – 30 July 1875
10. 30 July 1875 – 29 April 1878
11. 29 April 1878 – 13 March 1880
12. 13 March 1880 – 18 June 1881
13. 18 June 1881 – 6 January 1883
14. 6 January 1883 – 12 June 1884
15. 12 June 1884 – 19 October 1886
16. 20 October 1886 – 20 October 1888
17. 20 October 1888 – 1 January 1891
18. 2 January 1891 – 22 May 1893
19. 23 May 1893 – 1 June 1895
20. 3 June 1895 – 3 December 1897
21. 5 December 1897 – 21 May 1899
22. 26 March 1899 – 13 May 1901
23. 13 May 1901 – 17 January 1903
24. 17 January 1903 – 27 April 1904
25. 27 April 1904 – 20 March 1905
26. 21 March 1905 – 11 March 1906
27. 11 March 1906 – 14 March 1907
28. 14 March 1907 – 8 May 1908
29. 8 May 1908 – 11 July 1909
30. 11 July 1909 – 9 December 1910
31. 9 December 1910 – 31 May 1912
32. 31 May 1912 – 31 March 1914Poor Law Union Rathdrum
Admissions and Discharge Registers Rathdrum Workhouse
PLUR/WA/1-371. 16 June 1850 – 10 May 1851
2. 11 May 1851 – 3 July 1852
3. 1 April 1854 – 13 January 1855
4. 20 January 1855 – 1 December 1855
5. 2 October 1858 – 25 March 1860
6. 31 March 1860 – 15 June 1861
7. 22 June 1862 – 22 August 1863
8. 31 March 1866 – 8 June 1867
9. 15 June 1867 – 18 April 1868
10. 28 February 1869 – 25 March 1870
11. 30 November 1873 – 19 February 1875
12. 21 February 1875 – 14 May 1876
13. 17 July 1876 – 10 November 1877
14. 1 November 1877 – 2 November 1878
15. 8 August 1880 – 16 April 1881
16. 26 August 1883 – 14 June 1884
17. 15 June 1884 – 28 September 1885
18. 30 September 1885 – 28 September 1886
19. 28 October 1888 – 29 September 1889
20. 10 November 1890 – 19 December 1891
21. 3 March 1893 – 15 February 1894
22. 15 February 1894 – 2 March 1895
23. 24 May 1896 – 26 June 1897
24. 10 May 1903 – 26 November 1905
25. 27 November 1904 – 3 November 1905
26. 28 April 1904 – 6 May 1905
27. 2 February 1907 – 8 August 1908
28. 5 October 1907 – 8 August 1908
29. 8 August 1908 – 22 September 1909
30. 22 May 1909 – 30 September 1910
31. 4 March 1911 – 2 March 1912
32. 9 March 1912 – 31 March 1913
33. 5 April 1913 – 23 May 1914
34. 23 May 1914 – 20 September 1915
35. 2 October 1915 – 30 September 1915
36. 25 March 1917 – 25 October 1919
37. 26 October 1919 – 19 April 1921Poor Law Union Rathdrum
Financial Statement Book – Expenditure
PLUR/FE/1-71. March 1899 – November 1902
2. December 1902 – March 1906
3. March 1906 – September 1909
4. July 1909 – September 1912
5. March 1913 – September 1924
6. March 1916 – March 1919
7. March 1919 – March 1922Poor Law Union Rathdrum
Admissions and Discharge Rathdrum County Home
PLUR/H/1-121. 21 April 1923 – 10 May 1924
2. 1 May 1924 – 29 September 1926
3. 1 October 1926 – 31 March 1929
4. 2 April 1929 – 30 September 1931
5. 1 October 1932 – 30 September 1933
6. 1 October 1933 – 30 September 1935
7. 1 August 1933 – 8 July 1939
8. 2 August 1937 – 31 July 1939
9. 1 April 1939 – 31 December 1940
10. 1 January 1941 – 26 August 1942
11. 26 August 1942 – 30 March 1944
12. 1 April 1946 – 30 January 1948Poor Law Union Rathdrum – Board of Guardians
Provisions Check Account Book
PLUR/P/1-21. March 1907 – September 1907
2. December 1921 – December 1922
Conditions of Access & Use
Access Conditions | Access arranged by appointment with the archivist |
Creation Dates | 1839-1922 |
Extent Medium | 224 items (6 series) |
Material Language Script | English |
Characteristics Tech Req | Admission, discharge and indoor relief registers are consulted in microfilm format only. |
Finding Aids | Descriptive list Archive Web Link → |
Allied Materials
Copies Information | Microfilm copies of admission, discharge and indoor relief registers. |
Descriptive Control Area
Archivist Note | Wicklow County Archives Archivist |
Rules/Conventions | ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description. 2nd ed. Ottawa: International Council on Archives, 2000. IGAD: Irish Guidelines for Archival Description. Dublin: Society of Archivists, Ireland, 2009. |
Date of Descriptions | 40603 |