Leighton Buzzard Union Workhouse Sources

The former workhouse in June 2008

Sources held by Bedfordshire & Luton Archives & Records Service

PULBA: Agreements

• PULBA1: settlement of claim with Berkhamsted [Hertfordshire] Guardians: 1925;
• PULBA2: John Dix apprenticeship indenture: 1925;
• PULBA3: care of the  "mentally defective": 1928;
• PULBA4/1: Medical Officer's contract: 1915;
• PULBA4/2-6: District Medical Officer's contracts: 1915-1926

PULBC: Correspondence

• PULBC1/1-11: Out-letter letter books: 1837-1908;
• PULBC2/1-5: in-letters and papers: 1920-1928

PULBE: Title Deeds

• PULBE1/1: conveyance of site: 1835;
• PULBE1/2:  conveyance of adjoining site: 1847;
• PULBE1/3-4: copy conveyance if ten acres in Leighton Buzzard and Eggington: 1793;
• PULBE1/5: copy will of John Millard: 1826;
• PULBE1/6: copy will of Edward Candish Millard: 1832;
• PULBE1/7-8: copy conveyance of land in Leighton Buzzard: 1833;
• PULBE1/9-10: copy conveyance: 1833;
• PULBE1/11: copy affidavit in support of title: 1833;
• PULBE1/12: abstract of title of Charles Ridgway: 1835;
• PULBE1/13: fire insurance policy of the isolation hospital: 1886;
• PULBE1/14: copy Local Government Order transferring the isolation hospital to the Rural Sanitary Authority: 1886;
• PULBE1/15: redemption of Tithe Rent Charge: 1933;
• PULBE1/16/1: enquiries before contract: 1950;
• PULBE1/16/2: draft contract for sale: 1950;
• PULBE1/16/3: requisitions on title: 1950;
• PULBE1/16/4: draft statutory declaration: 1950;
• PULBE1/16/5: draft conveyance: 1950

PULBF: Financial Records

• PULBF1/1: Treasurer's book: 1887-1895;
• PULBF2/1-3: Treasurer's accounts: 1914-1930;
• PULBF4/1-2: statutory financial statements: 1879-1904;
• PULBF5/0-6: financial statements: 1873-1925;
• PULBF7/1: Relieving Officer's receipt and expenditure book: 1901-1903;
• PULBF8/1-7: provisions accounts: 1917-1930;
• PULBF9/1-2: officers' superannuation registers: 1897-1923;
• PULBF18: annual Poor Rate returns: 1891-1896

PULBH: Health Records

• PULBH1/1-3: District Medical Officer's relief books: 1877-1902;
• PULBH2: workhouse medical relief book: 1894-1896;
• PULBH3/1-10: vaccination registers: 1875-1928;
• PULBH4/1: Medical Officer's report book on the workhouse: 1868-1902;
• PULBH5/1-2: Vaccination Officer's report books: 1907-1930;

PULBL1-30: Ledgers (no names): 1835-1925;

PULBM: Minutes: 1835-1930

PULBMC: Committee Minutes

• PULBMC1-2: Assessment Committee (Rating and Valuation): 1863-1925
• PULBMC3: Boarding Out Committee: 1910-1929;
• PULBMC4/1-2: House Committee: 1914-1930;
• PULBMC5: Relief Committee: 1921-1929;
• PULBMC6: School Attendance Committee: 1877-1903

PULBR: Relief

• PULBR1/1-11: indoor relief lists: 1852-1929;
• PULBR2/1-12: outdoor relief lists: 1902-1929;
• PULBR3/1-11: relief order books: 1887-1928;
• PULBR4/1-43: application and report books: 1895-1929;
• PULBR4/44-48: revision of main lists: 1908-1922;
• PULBR4/49-52: unemployment relief: 1921-1923;
• PULBR4/53: permanent relief cases: 1923;
• PULBR4/54: permanent outdoor relief: 1924

PULBV: Varia

• PULBV1: admission and discharge register: 1891-1898;
• PULBV2/1-2: casual admission and discharge registers: 1914-1930;
• PULBV3: statistical statement of indoor and outdoor relief: 1873-1887;
• PULBV4/1-4: "Form A" weekly returns: 1897-1921;
• PULBV6/1-3: Master's report and journal: 1912-1919;
• PULBV10: pauper classification book: 1887-1894;
• PULBV11: register of boarded-out children: 1895-1909;
• PULBV18/1-2: visitors books: 1882-1899;
• PULBV20: Chaplain's report book: 1865-1921;
• PULBV21: register of undertakings of foster parents: 1903-1910;
• PULBV22: Porter's book: 1904-1905;
• PULBV23: list of aged and infirm: 1894-1921;
• PULBV24: pauper lunatics - claim for maintenance: 1887-1897;
• PULBV25: register of officers' appointments: 1843-1877;
• PULBV26: register of births in the workhouse: 1858-1936;
• PULBV27: register of deaths in the workhouse: 1858-1940;
• PULBV28: register of non-settled and non-resident poor: no date;
• PULBV29: oakum account: 1905-1925;
• PULBV30: declarations of Guardians on acceptance of office: 1894-1928
• PULBV31: schedule of deeds and documents: 1930?
• PULBV32/1-8: annual reports: 1900-1911;
• PULBV33/1-20: list of Guardians and paid officers: 1889-1908
• PULBV35/1-3: rating and valuation papers: 1874;
• PULBV36-39: new rating of parishes in the Union: 1880-1885
• PULBP40: general correspondence: 1886-1888