• Reference
    P11/12/4
  • Title
    Account Book
  • Date free text
    1798-1818
  • Production date
    From: 1798 To: 1818
  • Scope and Content
    At beginning: vestry resolution for annual subscription of £2. 2s. "for the benefit of that noble Institution, the Bedford Infirmary", 1805. At end: (a) inventories of goods at workhouse and poorhouse, 1816; (b) recipients of men's coats, women's gowns, and boys' coats (annual lists), under Sir Francis Clarke's charity, 1807-17; (c) farmers' agreement as to roundsmen, 1818; (d) contracts for medical attendance, 1801-15; (e) names of churchwardens, overseers & constables, 1798-1819. 1813 appeared to be building workhouse but still kept poorhouse ? (Cobb Hall).
  • Reference
  • Level of description
    item