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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D520/W/3/1
TitleRegister of boarded-out children
Datec1903-1934
DescriptionGives name of child, date of birth, name and address of foster parent or certified home, date of boarding-out and removal/transfer to other homes

It is unclear when the register was first used as the entries are not in chronological order. With the exception of the first page, the pages have a date at the top suggesting the entries might record those children still boarded out at that date. However, the first few page headings are also not in chronological order, and several pages include admission dates after the heading date. It appears that a 'census' was taken to identify the names of children boarded out or in a certified home at particular dates, some children appear on more than one list according to how long their were in the care of the Union

Contents list
1) [no date heading] - dates of boarding out between Nov 1903 and Jan 1915
2) 1916 - dates of boarding out between Oct 1908 and Jan 1915
3) 1 Apr 1919 - dates of boarding out between Oct 1908 and May 1919
4) 1917 'in certified homes' - dates of admission to various homes, all out of county, with a note of the weekly charge [being paid by the Ashbourne Union]
5) 1 Jun 1920 - dates of boarding out between Oct 1908 and Dec 1921 [the first 10 names having been entered at a different time to the final 11 names]
6) Jan 1922 - dates of boarding out between Sep 1910 and Dec 1921, and one dated January 1924
7) May 1922 'in Certified Homes' - dates of admission (1904-1916) to various homes, mostly out of county, with a note of the weekly charge [being paid by the Ashbourne Union]
8) Jan 1924 - dates of boarding out Jan 1915-Jan 1924
9) Jan 1924 'in Certified Homes'
10) Jan 1926 - dates of 'when adopted under the Poor Law Act' Nov 1921-Jan 1926 [dates of boarding out not given]
11) Apr 1927 [certified homes] - admission dates Apr 1911-Sep 1927
12) Jan 1929 - dates of 'when adopted under the Poor Law Act' Dec 1922-Aug 1926 [dates of boarding out not given]
13) Jan 1929 [certified homes] - admission dates Aug 1915-Oct 1932
14) 1 Oct 1930, updated 12 Oct 1932 - dates of boarding out Aug 1922-May 1932
15) 17 Jun 1935 - dates of boarding out Oct 1932-Jul 1934
Extent1 volume
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorAshbourne Poor Law Union and Board of Guardians
Access CategoryCLOSED
Closed Until01/01/2035
Access ConditionsClosed for 100 years from the date of the last record. See 'Data subjects in archives privacy notice' (link below) for further information.
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