While randomly putting family names into the search engine on the Access to Archives website, it came up with these two entries:
Lancashire Quarter Sessions, Preston, Michaelmas 1826
FILE - Over Darwen to Quick, West Riding, co. York. Order of removal of Henry Wild, Phoebe his wife, and Mary, Henry, John, James, Charles and Phoebe their children - ref. QSP/2887/61 - date: 1826 4 Aug
Lancashire Quarter Sessions, Preston, Michaelmas 1827
FILE - Over Darwen to Saddleworth, West Riding, co. York. Order of removal of Henry Wild, Phoebe his wife and Mary, Henry, John, James, Charles and Phoebe their children - ref. QSP/2870/93 - date: 1826 4 Aug
As I understand it removal orders were made to transfer responsibility for a family from one Parish to another. What's interesting in this case, is that the family seem not to have removed themselves, as they stayed in Darwen through to the start of the 20th century (actually I think some of the more distant Wilds are still in Darwen).
I'm puzzled as to why the record would apparently be duplicated, in subsequent years' records - and the actual order is dated the same, just the place they're being removed to changing subtly. Unless the Parish tried to get rid of them and they didn't go, but used the order made the previous year to try again before the next year's quarter sessions. Makes it sound like a 19th century ASBO!
Can anyone advise me what the original documents might contain? Is there more detail and explanation in the original documents that would make it worth getting copies?
If anyone can point me to a website with more information on how such removal orders worked, I'd be really grateful. I've tried google, but there are so many modern sorts of removal order that they swamp the results.
thanks for your advice!
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