Blackley, Lancashire Poor Law Union

Blackley was one of the constituent townships for Manchester Poor Law Union.

Poor law records for Blackley township, 1822, 1838-1895 Microfilm of original records formerly at the Manchester Archives, Central Library in Manchester, England. Blackley was a chapelry and a subdistrict in Manchester parish and district. "Townships were a division of a parish which formed a unit of local administration; it levied a separate Poor Rate and appointed a constable." -- The Local Historian's Encyclopedia, p. 35. Includes names of occupiers, names of owners, description of property, name or situation of property, rateable values, amounts assessed and collected. Manchester Archives Central Library call nos.: M 9/40/4/5/1, 9-84.

Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2002 on 11 microfilm reels

Web Sites
http://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/448/archives_and_local_studies/3812/poor_law_and_workhouse_records/1 Greater Manchester County Record Office (Manchester Archive website)