Corporation
Name	Overseers of the Poor Sheffield
	An annual office in Sheffield, tasked with caring for the poor. The overseers operated the poor house. Issued tokens in 1812 to 1815. Lit.: P. and B. R. Withers, The Token Book. British Tokens of the 17th 18th and 19th centuries and their values (2010) p. 420 nos. 67-72; A. W. Waters, Notes on the Silver Tokens of the Nineteenth Century (1957) p. 17 under Sheffield.
Types	Authority
	https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG96153
Permalink	https://ikmk.smb.museum/ndp/corporation/11198
created	10.05.2024
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Corporation

Name

Overseers of the Poor Sheffield

An annual office in Sheffield, tasked with caring for the poor.

The overseers operated the poor house. Issued tokens in 1812 to 1815.

Lit.: P. and B. R. Withers, The Token Book. British Tokens of the 17th 18th and 19th centuries and their values (2010) p. 420 nos. 67-72; A. W. Waters, Notes on the Silver Tokens of the Nineteenth Century (1957) p. 17 under Sheffield.

Types

Authority

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG96153

Permalink

https://ikmk.smb.museum/ndp/corporation/11198

created

10.05.2024

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