Catalogue description TARVIN POOR LAW UNION

The records listed below cover the period 1891 - 1929 and relate to parishes and townships within the former Chester and Tarvin Rural Districts.

The main collection of records relating to Tarvin Poor Law Union (Ref. LGT 1 - 5) is held at the Cheshire Record Office.

Tarvin Poor Law Union, 1834-1929

RGT/1-2, 4-7, 10-13, 22-23, 30-31, 53-54, 62-65, 72-73, 76 and 78-80 were transferred to the City Record Office on 14 May 1974 from the Treasurer's Department of Chester Rural District Council, 57 City Road, Chester. The remainder were transferred from the Cheshire Record Office on 31 March 1974 with the records of Tarvin Rural District Council.

• Tarvin, Cheshire
• Social services
• Social welfare

Tarvin Poor Law Union was the successor to Great Boughton Poor Law Union which was formed in 1837 following the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. Great Boughton Poor Law Union originally consisted of 101 townships in the counties of Cheshire and Flintshire. Twelve townships were transferred to the newly created Hawarden Poor Law Union in 1853 and a further thirty were transferred to Chester Poor Law Union in 1871. Following the latter transfer of townships, the union was renamed Tarvin Poor Law Union. It was abolished following the Local Government Act of 1929 which transferred the functions of the poor law guardians to county and county borough councils working through public assistance committees.