Bradford Manchester, Lancashire Poor Law Union

Bradford Manchester Lancashire Poor Law Union Records.Microfilm of original records formerly held at the Manchester Archives, Central Library in Manchester, England.

Bradford is a township and a chapelry in Manchester parish.

"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 10/5/5/1-45.