Anglesey Poor Law Union Records

Records of the Poor Law Unions of Anglesey. Angelsey Union, 1837 - 1948, comprising records of the Board of Guardians including minutes, 1837 - 1930. accounts, 1845 - 1930. records relating to lunacy, 1846 - 1915. statistics, 1853 - 1930. out - relief, 1846 - 1931. removal and settlement records, 1853 - 1858. children's records, 1869 - 1930. statements received for preservation, 1838 - 1927. correspondence, 1845 - 1929. letter books, 1892 - 1909. miscellaneous records, 1839 - 1874. records of the Workhouse Master, 1887 - 1918. Relieving Officer, 1837 - 1930. District Medical Officer, 1837 - 1933. records relating to registration of births, marriages and deaths, 1849 - 1855. vaccination, 1879 - 1890. assessment, 1862 - 1927. school attendance, 1878 - 1882. infant life protection, 1909 - 1929. Records of the Holyhead Union, 1852 - 1941, comprising records of the Board of Guardians, including minutes 1852 - 1930. accounts, 1852 - 1930. records relating to lunacy, 1909 - 1915. statistics, 1868 - 1930. out - relief, 1867 - 1920. children's records, 1908 - 1930. and statements received for preservation, 1856 - 1909. treasurer's records, 1882 - 1930. Workhouse Master, 1870 - 1932. Officer in charge of the Children's Home, 1926 - 1941. Relieving Officer, 1854 - 1931. Collector to the Guardians, 1879 - 1933. records relating to vaccination, 1912 - 1929. assessment, 1862 - 1927. and sanitation, 1872 - 1893. Records of the Bangor and Beaumaris Union, 1833 - 1938, comprising records of the Board of Guardians, 1837 - 1930. accounts, 1837 - 1930. records relating to lunacy, 1861 - 1900. statistics, 1881 - 1928. out - relief, 1845 - 1926. provision of workhouse, 1838 - 1929. mortgages, 1900 - 1925. children's records, 1833 - 1929. irremoveability, settlement and removal, 1890 - 1925. appointment of officers, 1852 - 1929. letter books, 1837 - 1930. orders, 1837 - 1904. correspondence, 1870 - 1929. Treasurer, 1921 - 1924. Workhouse Master, 1846 - 1938. Officer in Charge of Children's Homes, 1900 - 1924. Relieving Officer's records, 1891 - 1931. Records of the Caernarvon Union, 1890 - 1931, including Collector's records for Anglesey, 1899 - 1930.

Until the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, relief of the poor was the responsibility of the parish. Following the Act, parishes were grouped into Unions which were charged to provide a workhouse for the relief of the able-bodied poor. The Anglesey Union included most of the parishes on the island was formed in 1837, and in 1852 the Holyhead Union was split from it. There were two workhouses in Anglesey, at Llannerchymedd (Llanerch-y-medd) and Valley. The parishes in the southeast of the island were part of the Bangor and Beaumaris Union, while Llanfair-y-Cwmwd, Llangaffo, Llangeinwen, Llanidan and Newborough were part of the Caernarvon Union (records of which are held in Caernarfon Record Office). The Board of Guardians responsible for the Union had other duties from time to time, including the registration of births, marriages and deaths, vaccinations, assessments of rates, sanitation, school attendance and infant life protection. By the time of the Local Government Act 1929, Unions were abolished and their duties transferred to County Councils, responsibility for the poor being transferred to the Public Assistance Committee until 1948.

Arranged into the following: Anglesey Union; Holyhead Union; Bangor and Beaumaris Union; and Caernarvon Union.

Fe all eitemau sy'n cynnwys gwybodaeth am unigolion a enwir gael eu cyfyngu yn unol â Deddf Diogelu Data a pholisi Swyddfa Gofnodiadau Cyngor Sir Ynys Môn/ Items containing information on named individuals may be restricted in accordance with the Data Protection Act and Anglesey County Record Office policy.

Adnau preifat / Private deposit.

Os gwelwch yn dda archebwch y dogfenau gan ddefnyddio y rhif cyfeirnod amgen (lle ddarperidd) / Please order documents using the alternative reference number (where provided)

Mae copiau clawr caled o`r catalogau ar gael yn Archifau Ynys Môn ac yn y Gofrestr Cenedlaethol Archifau. Polisi Archifau Ynys Môn yw catalogio yn iaith y ddogfen./Hard copies of the catalogue are available at Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives and the National Register of Archives. It is the policy of Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives to catalogue in the language of the document.

Cyflwr da /Good condition

Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives, Catalogue, Anglesey Poor Law Records; The History of Poor Law website (http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/unions.html), viewed 27 June 2003.

Mae'r holl gofnodiadau sy'n cydymffurfio â pholisi casglu Swyddfa Gofnodi Cyngor Sir Ynys Môn wedi eu cadw /All records which meet the collection policy of the Anglesey Archives have been retained

Some records were deposited by Anglesey County Council in the Library of the University College of North Wales, Bangor, and transferred to the Llangefni Area Record Office, 1974, before it became Anglesey Record Office.

Ni ddisgwylir croniadau/Accruals are not expected

Related material is Archifdy Ynys Môn/Anglesey County Record Office, WCC/WEL, Public Assistance. The main records for the Caernarvon Poor Law Union are in the Caernarfon Record Office, XG/2