Catalogue description Liverpool Central Relief and Charity Organisation Society, 1863-1915

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Reference: 361 CEN
Title: Liverpool Central Relief and Charity Organisation Society, 1863-1915
Description:

Minute books, printed materials
Date: 1863-1915
Held by: Liverpool Record Office, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Liverpool Central Relief and Charity Organisation
Physical description: 9 files
Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented by Mrs. C.E. Grisewood of Wallasey.

 

Acc.594, 739, 753
Subjects:
  • Liverpool
Administrative / biographical background:

The Society commenced under the title Liverpool Central Relief Society, inaugurated at a public meeting held on 28th Jan. 1863 under the presidency of the Mayor. The Society was the result of the amalgamation of the District Provident Society, Strangers Friend Society and Charitable Society. It was run by a Committee of Management, later Executive Committee, reporting to an Annual General Meeting. The fuller title was adopted in Dec. 1874. The Society appears to have existed until 1932, and the Local History Library has printed reports, 1863/64-1923/24.
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