Solihull Poor Law Union, Warwickshire
Constituent Parishes
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Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire
Barston, Warwickshire
Elmdon, Warwickshire
Knowle, Warwickshire
Lapworth, Warwickshire
Packwood, Warwickshire
Shirley, Warwickshire
Solihull, Warwickshire
Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire
Tanworth Salter's Street, Warwickshire
Temple Balsall, Warwickshire
Yardley, Worcestershire
Yardley Wood, Worcestershire
Records
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- Warwickshire County Record Office, Priory Park, Cape Road, Warwick CV34 4JS. Few records survive. Holdings include: Guardians' minute books (1836-1930); Accounts (1839-1930)
- ReferenceCR0139
SOLIHULL: POOR RELIEF, DISTRAINT, TITHE AND ESTATE RECORDS
Description Papers relating to workhouse, Estate Agents catalogue and maps, tithe tenants' book for Solihull and Birmingham
Date 1741-1834
Parish chest and poor law records for Solihull, 1525-1860 Microfilm of original records at the Warwickshrie County Record Office, Warwick.Contains records of the Bird and Ludlow families of Solihull, Warwick, England.
Orders and accounts, 1735-1808. FHL BRITISH Film 568511
Other church records, 1596-1828; 2 transcripts of family registers, 1860. FHL BRITISH Film 568512
Bailiffs account books, 1525-1813. FHL BRITISH Film 234509
Account books, 1680-1910. FHL BRITISH Film 234510
Overseers account book, 1690-1742; Constables books, 1701-1805. FHL BRITISH Film 234511
Minute book, 1788-1808. FHL BRITISH Film 234512
Websites
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For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's web site: www.workhouses.org.uk and http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Solihull/Solihull.shtml
