Parochial Board

Some of the volumes for Latheron parish have suffered slight mould damage in the past, and are available at the discretion of staff until properly treated and conserved. There is a 100-year closure on these records, but more recent information on your own family can be looked up by archive staff. All volumes whose last date pre-dates 1901 are now freely available in the searchroom.

HALKIRK PARISH - 4/1
PAROCHIAL BOARD COMMITTEE MINUTE BOOKS

CPR/4/1/1 2 Oct. 1845 - 4 May 1864

CPR/4/1/2 17 Aug. 1864 - 15 Aug. 1883

CPR/4/1/3 24 Oct. 1883 - 13 Dec. 1897

HALKIRK PARISH COUNCIL COMMITTEE MINUTE BOOKS

CPR/4/1/4 10 Jan. 1898 - 14 June 1909 closed until 2019

CPR/4/1/5 31 July 1909 - 26 May 1924 closed until 2024

CPR/4/1/6 7 July 1924 - 3 May 1930 closed until 2030

HALKIRK PAROCHIAL BOARD - GENERAL REGISTER OF POOR

CPR/4/1/7 1845 - 4 Feb. 1862

CPR/4/1/8 1 Jan. 1865 - 7 Oct. 1891

CPR/4/1/9 1862 - 1919 (Childrens' Register) closed until 2019

REAY PARISH - 4/2
PAROCHIAL BOARD MINUTE BOOKS

CPR/4/2/1 22 Oct. 1845 - 14 Aug. 1867

CPR/4/2/1A 24 Nov. 1846 - 16 Jan. 1857 (Scroll)

CPR/4/2/1B 8 Nov. 1855 - 7 Oct. 1868 (Scroll)

CPR/4/2/2 3 Oct. 1867 - 8 May 1878

CPR/4/2/3 13 June 1878 - 1 Dec. 1885

CPR/4/2/4 26 Jan. 1886 - 16 Oct. 1893

REAY PARISH COUNCIL MINUTE BOOKS

CPR/4/2/5 25 Jan. 1894 - 24 Dec. 190l closed until 2001

CPR/4/2/6 6 Feb. 1902 - 13 Jan. 1911 closed until 2011

CPR/4/2/7 8 May 1911 - 5 May 1930 closed until 2030

REAY PAROCHIAL BOARD LOCAL AUTHORITY MINUTE BOOK

CPR/4/2/8 30 Aug. 1871 - 6 May 1810

REAY BURIAL GROUND COMMITTEEE MINUTE BOOK

CPR/4/2/9 12 June 1873 - 11 Nov. 1901 closed until 2001

CPR/4/2/10 13 Dec. 1901 - 10 May 1918 closed until 2018

CPR/4/2/11 19 July 1918 - 17 May 1930 closed until 2030

REAY PAROCHIAL BOARD - GENERAL REGISTER OF THE POOR

CPR/4/2/12 26 Oct. 1859 - 27 Feb. 1878

WICK PARISH - 4/3
PAROCHIAL BOARD MINUTE BOOK

CPR/4/3/1 26 Nov. 1840 - 4 July 1848 (Scroll)

CPR/4/3/2 1 Aug. 1848 - 24 Nov. 1851
includes details of housing conditions in the Wick Area - (4:10:1849)

CPR/4/3/2A 1 Aug. 1848 - 3 July 1850

CPR/4/3/3 1 Dec. 1851 - 28 Feb. 1854

CPR/4/3/4 1 Mar. 1854 - 26 Aug. 1857

CPR/4/3/5 1 Sept.1857 - 6 Mar. 1860

CPR/4/3/6 7 Mar. 1860 - 6 Sept.1864

CPR/4/3/7 7 Sept.1864 - 7 Jan. 1868

CPR/4/3/8 9 Jan. 1868 - 5 Dec. 1870

CPR/4/3/9 5 Dec. 1870 - 12 May 1874

CPR/4/3/10 19 May 1874 - 14 Jan. 1878

CPR/4/3/11 14 Jan. 1878 - 13 Mar. 1882

CPR/4/3/12 17 Mar. 1882 - 18 May 1885

CPR/4/3/13 29 May 1885 - 2 July 1888

CPR/4/3/14 3 July 1888 - 6 Oct. 1891

CPR/4/3/15 7 Oct. 1891 - 14 May 1895
Includes copy letter from William Sutherland, Belle Plain, Kansas, USA., tailor, to the Parochial Board requesting them to consider sending his deceased sister's children to him in America, rather than placing them in the poorhouse (18:12:1893)

WICK PARISH COUNCIL MINUTE BOOK
CPR/4/3/16 1 Apr. 1895 - 2 May 1898

CPR/4/3/17 16 May 1898 - 3 Mar. 1902 closed until 2002

CPR/4/3/18 17 Mar. 1902 - 3 Dec. 1906 closed until 2006

CPR/4/3/19 17 Oct. 1906 - 22 May 1911 closed until 2011

CPR/4/3/20 7 June 1911 - 20 Dec. 1916 closed until 2016

CPR/4/3/21 17 Jan. 1917 - 16 July 1925 closed until 2025

CPR/4/3/22 16 Mar. 1925 - 7 May 1930 closed until 2030

WICK PARISH COUNCIL - LANDWARD COMMITTEE MINUTE BOOK

CPR/4/3/22A 20 May 1895 - 16 Dec. 1929 closed until 2029

WICK PAROCHIAL BOARD - LOCAL AUTHORITY MINUTE BOOKS

CPR/4/3/23 16 Apr. 1872 - 23 Apr. 1889

CPR/4/3/24 1886 - 1892 (Auditor's Report)

WICK PAROCHIAL BOARD BURIAL GROUND COMMITTEE MINUTE BOOKS

CPR/4/3/25A 27 Feb. 1865 - 9 Nov. 1877 (Scroll)

CPR/4/3/25 26 Feb. 1865 - 12 Apr. 1899 closed until 2099

WICK PARISH COUNCIL - GENERAL REGISTERS OF POOR

CPR/4/3/26 1870 - 1879

CPR/4/3/26a 4 June 1877 - 4 Apr. 1887

CPR/4/3/27 4 Apr. 1887 - 4 Feb. 1895

CPR/4/3/28 27 May 1895 - 17 Oct. 1907 closed until 2007

CPR/4/3/29 4/3/ 1 May 1907 - 18 Jan. 1926 closed until 2026

CPR/4/3/30 15 Feb. 1926 - 7 May 1930 closed until 2030

WICK PARISH COUNCIL - RECORDS OF APPLICATIONS

CPR/4/3/31A 13 July 1855 - 1 June 1859
Includes alphabetical index to applicants by surname

CPR/4/3/31 1 June 1859 - 2 Sept.1862
Includes index

CPR/4/3/32 3 Sept.1862 - 6 Dec. 1865
Includes index

CPR/4/3/33 6 Dec. 1865 - 20 Oct. 1870
Includes index

CPR/4/3/34 13 Nov. 1877 - 21 Feb. 1885
Includes index

CPR/4/3/35 4 Mar. 1885 - 29 July 1889
Includes index

CPR/4/3/36 2 Aug. 1889 - 15 Oct. 1896
Includes index

CPR/4/3/37 29 Oct. 1896 - 30 Oct. 1903
Format of application changes to include additional details of applicants religion, circumstances of parents, length of residence at present address and details of previous addresses.
closed until 2003

CPR/4/3/38 30 Oct. 1903 - 21 Feb. 1911 Includes index. Closed until 2011

CPR/4/3/39 25 Feb. 1911 - 3 May 1922 Includes index. Closed until 2022

CPR/4/3/40 4 May 1922 - 18 July 1929 Includes index. Closed until 2029

CPR/4/3/40A 2 Mar. 1929 - 13 Mar. 1930 Includes index. Closed until 2030

CPR/4/3/41 Mar. 1895 - 4 Jan. 1905 (Supplementary Record of Applications)
closed until 2005

WICK PARISH COUNCIL UNADMITTED AND UNASCERTAINED
CASES OF SETTLEMENT

CPR/4/3/42 15 Dec. 1873 - 20 Oct. 1923 closed until 2023

WICK PARISH COUNCIL INSPECTOR'S VISITING BOOK

CPR/4/3/43 13 Oct. 1876 - Apr. 1886

WICK PARISH - CHILDRENS' SUPPLEMENTARY REGISTER

CPR/4/3/44 4 Sept.1912 - 4 Mar. 1940 closed until 2040

WICK PARISH COUNCIL RECORDS OF APPLICATION FOR RELIEF (EASTERN DISTRICT)

CPR/4/3/45 3 May 1930 - 22 Sept.1936 closed until 2036

CPR/4/3/46 23 Sept.1936 - 13 May 1949 closed until 2049

CPR/4/3/47 14 July 1930 - 1 May 1948 closed until 2048
(Supplementary Record of Application)

CPR/4/3/48 16 May 1934 - 21 June 1945 (Outdoor) closed until 2045

WICK PARISH COUNCIL - ABSTRACT OF ACCOUNTS

YEAR ENDED 15 MAY 1896 - 1929

CPR/4/3/51 - 4/3/86

BOWER PAROCHIAL BOARD MINUTE BOOKS

CPR/4/4/1 1845 - 13 May 1895

BOWER PARISH COUNCIL MINUTE BOOKS

CPR/4/4/2 11 Apr. 1895 - 29 Oct. 1906 closed until 2006

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CPR/4/4/4 12 Oct. 1914 - 8 Mar. 1926 closed until 2026

CPR/4/4/5 12 Apr. 1926 - 2 May 1930 closed until 2030

BOWER PARISH COUNCIL ABSTRACT OF ACCOUNTS

CPR/4/4/6 Year Ending 15 May 1929 closed until 2029

CPR/4/4/7 Year Ending 15 May 1930 closed until 2030

BOWER PARISH COUNCIL - GENERAL REGISTER OF POOR

CPR/4/4/8 1 Feb. 1851 - 14 Jan. 1929 closed until 2029

CPR/4/4/9 8 June 1908 - 3 Nov. 1930 closed until 2030

BOWER PARISH COUNCIL CHILDRENS' SEPARATE REGISTER

CPR/4/4/10 1 Sept.1874 - 9 Dec. 1916  closed until 2016

BOWER PARISH COUNCIL - RECORDS OF APPLICATIONS FOR RELIEF

CPR/4/4/11 11 Feb. 1897 - 23 Feb. 1930 closed until 2030

PARISH CHURCH MINUTE BOOKS

CPR/4/5/1 29 Aug. 1898 - 19 June 1909 closed until 2009

CPR/4/5/2 25 Mar. 1910 - 6 May 1922 closed until 2022

CPR/4/5/3 30 June 1922 - 3 May 1930 closed until 2030

CANISBAY BURIAL GROUND COMMITTEE MINUTE BOOKS

CPR/4/5/4 1902 - 1911
(Includes Minutes of Canisbay Burial Ground Committee for 1955/56) closed until 2011

PAROCHIAL BOARD MINUTE BOOK

CPR/4/6/1 13 Oct. 1845 - 3 May 1890

DUNNET PAROCHIAL BOARD AND PARISH COUNCIL MINUTE BOOKS

CPR/4/6/2 9 Aug. 1890 - 8 Dec. 1900 closed until 2000
[4/6/2a] 1894 - 1927 (Scroll) closed until 2027

DUNNET PARISH COUNCIL MINUTE BOOK

CPR/4/6/3 12 Jan. 1901 - 7 Nov. 1914 closed until 2014

CPR/4/6/4 5 Dec. 1914 - 9 May 1930 closed until 2030

DUNNET PARISH COUNCIL BURIAL GROUND COMMITTEE MINUTES

CPR/4/6/5 11 Aug. 1894 - 1 Dec. 1929 closed until 2029

CPR/4/6/5 22 Sept.1884 - 4 May 1929 closed until 2029

CPR/4/6/6 29 June 1929 - 3 May 1930 closed until 2030

DUNNET PAROCHIAL BOARD CHILDRENS' REGISTER

CPR/4/6/7 10 July 1865 - 5 Aug. 1911 closed until 2011

DUNNET PAROCHIAL BOARD RECORD OF APPLICATIONS

CPR/4/6/8 7 Apr. 1865 - 7 Apr. 1930 closed until 2030

PAROCHIAL BOARD COMMITTEE MINUTE BOOKS

CPR/4/8/1 16 Sept.1845 - 11 Mar. 1851

CPR/4/8/2 28 Sept.1859 - 9 June 1863

CPR/4/8/3 24 June 1862 - 4 Dec. 1867

CPR/4/8/4 30 Mar. 1868 - 1 May 1871

CPR/4/8/5 3 Jul. 1871 - 28 June 1875

CPR/4/8/6 2 Aug. 1875 - 29 Oct. 1877

CPR/4/8/7 3 Dec. 1877 - 2 May 1881

CPR/4/8/8 30 May 1881 - 29 Mar. 1886

LATHERON PAROCHIAL BOARD COMMITTEE PRINCIPAL MINUTE BOOKS

CPR/4/8/9 3 May 1886 - 29 Jan. 1894

CPR/4/8/10 26 Feb. 1894 - 31 Dec. 1900 closed until 2000

LATHERON PARISH COUNCIL MINUTE BOOKS

CPR/4/8/11 4 Feb. 1901 - 30 Apr. 1906 closed until 2006

CPR/4/8/12 4 June 1906 - 2 Jan. 1912 closed until 2012

CPR/4/8/13 29 Jan. 1912 - 18 Sept.1914 closed until 2014

CPR/4/8/14 28 Sept.1914 - 26 Feb. 1917 closed until 2017

CPR/4/8/15 2 Apr. 1917 - 1 Sept.1919 closed until 2019

CPR/4/8/16 29 Sept.1919 - 31 July 1922 closed until 2022

CPR/4/8/17 4 Sept.1922 - 31 Aug. 1925 closed until 2025

CPR/4/8/18 28 Sept.1925 - 28 Apr. 1930 closed until 2030

MINUTE BOOK OF VARIOUS COMMITTEES OF LATHERON PARISH

CPR/4/8/19 4 Mar. 1912 - 24 Oct. 1923 closed until 2023

LATHERON PARISH CONTD.

LATHERON PARISH COUNCIL - CHILDRENS' SEPARATE REGISTER

CPR/4/8/20 19 Apr. 1864 - 15 May 1914 closed until 2014

CPR/4/8/21 2 Sept.1901 - Dec. 1929 closed until 2029

CPR/4/8/22 29 Aug. 1910 - 14 Apr. 1927 closed until 2027

LATHERON PARISH COUNCIL GENERAL REGISTERS OF POOR

CPR/4/8/23 4 Jan. 1865 - 3 Aug. 1868

CPR/4/8/24 4 July 1865 - 1 June 1874

CPR/4/8/24a 1 Jan. 1865 - 6 May 1920 closed until 2020

CPR/4/8/25 1 Nov. 1911 - 6 Mar. 1930 closed until 2030

LATHERON PARISH COUNCIL RECORDS OF APPLICATIONS

CPR/4/8/26 7 May 1904 - 20 Jan. 1915 closed until 2015

CPR/4/8/26a 2 Feb. 1911 - 8 Dec. 1914 closed until 2014

CPR/4/8/27 17 Dec. 1914 - 4 Feb. 1920 closed until 2020

CPR/4/8/28 1 May 1924 - 17 May 1928 closed until 2028

CPR/4/8/29 16 May 1928 - 20 Oct. 1930 closed until 2030

CPR/4/8/30 23 July 1944 - 6 Oct. 1959 closed until 2059

 SUPPLEMENTARY RECORDS OF APPLICATION - LATHERON

CPR/4/8/31 3 Apr. 1905 - 11 Apr. 1930 closed until 2030

CPR/4/8/32 31 May 1930 - 1 Feb. 1961 - SOUTHERN COUNTY closed until 2061

COUNTY OF CAITHNESS RECORDS OF APPLICATIONS

CPR/4/8/33 16 May 1930 - 6 Mar. 1935 - SOUTHERN DISTRICT closed until 2035

CPR/4/8/34 16 May 1934 - 15 May 1944 - VAGRANTS closed until 2044 DT?

LATHERON PARISH COUNCIL CASES OF SETTLEMENT: UNADMITTED & UNASCERTAINED

CPR/4/8/35 18 June 1859 - 7 Dec. 1913 closed until 2013 DT?

LATHERON PARISH CONTD.

LATHERON PAROCHIAL BOARD FINANCE COMMITTEE DRAFT MINUTE BOOKS

CPR/4/8/36 6 June 1861 - 24 Aug. 1863

CPR/4/8/36a 3 June 1861 - 24 Aug. 1863

CPR/4/8/37 1 Nov. 1865 - 2 Mar. 1868

CPR/4/8/38 1 July 1918 - 10 Dec. 1919 closed until 2019

CPR/4/8/39 29 Dec. 1919 - 20 June 1921 closed until 2021

CPR/4/8/40 29 Mar. 1943 - 1 Sept.1947 closed until 2047

CPR/4/8/41 29 Aug. 1955 - 2 Nov. 1959 closed until 2059

LATHERON/WICK COMBINATION POORHOUSE ADMISSION REGISTER

CPR/4/8/42 15 Jan. 1863 - 4 Apr. 1949 closed until 2049

LATHERON/WICK COMBINATION POORHOUSE MINUTE BOOKS

CPR/4/8/43 8 Apr. 1851 - 22 Sept.1859

CPR/4/8/44 3 June 1868 - 13 Sept.1876

CPR/4/8/45 13 Dec. 1876 - 11 June 1884

CPR/4/8/46 13 Dec. 1882 - 12 May 1915 - (Scroll) closed until 2015

CPR/4/8/47 10 Sept.1884 - 10 Aug. 1904 closed until 2004

LATHERON REGISTER OF PERSONS ADMITTED INTO & DISCHARGED
FROM THE POORHOUSE OF LATHERON

CPR/4/8/48 15 Jan. 1863 - 4 Apr. 1949 closed until 2049

LATHERON VISITING COMMITTEE'S REPORT BOOK

CPR/4/8/49 2 Apr. 1903 - 28 July 1953 closed until 2053

LATHERON COMBINATION POORHOUSE GENERAL LEDGER

CPR/4/8/50 12 June 1879 - 4 Mar. 1890

LATHERON PARISH CONTD.

LATHERON PARISH: TENANTS ROLL OF ASSESSMENT FOR RELIEF OF POOR

CPR/4/8/51 Whitsunday 1867 - Whitsunday 1870

CAITHNESS COUNTY: GENERAL REGISTERS OF POOR:

OLD AGE PENSIONERS - REGISTER OF CLAIMS

CPR/4/8/52 27 Oct. 1908 - 1 Jan. 1909 closed until 2009

CPR/4/8/53 1 Dec. 1908 - 20 Jan. 1912 closed until 2012

CPR/4/8/54 13 Nov. 1911 - 20 July 1918  closed until 2018

CPR/4/8/55 11 Feb. 1913 - 3 June 1929 (Latheron Parish Council) closed until 2029

LATHERON PARISH COUNCIL - PAYROLL OF REGISTERED POOR

CPR/4/8/56 1863 - 1871

CPR/4/8/57 Dec. 1871 - May 1891

CPR/4/8/58 Aug. 1908 - (Milk Received per Medical Board) closed until 2008

CPR/4/8/59 1909 - 1910 (Attendance Record) closed until 2010

CPR/4/8/60 1908 - 1930 (Attendance Record) closed until 2030

CPR/4/8/61 1929 - 1930 closed until 2030

LATHERON PARISH COUNCIL - INDEX TO APPLICATIONS FOR RELIEF

CPR/4/8/62 (no date)

TOWN & COUNTY HOME/FORSE HOUSE COMMITTEE GENERAL LEDGERS

CPR/4/8/63 4 July 1917 - 15 May 1949 closed until 2049

CPR/4/8/64 16 May 1949 - 29 Sept.1960 closed until 2060

TOWN & COUNTY HOME/FORSE HOUSE CASH BOOKS

CPR/4/8/65 16 May 1925 - 31 Jan. 1950 closed until 2050

CPR/4/8/66 1 July 1950 - 18 Nov. 1960 closed until 2060

MINUTE BOOK OF LYBSTER WATER & SCAVENGING COMMITTEE

CPR/4/8/67 28 May 1914 - 7 Sept.1931 closed until 2031

PAROCHIAL BOARD MINUTE BOOKS

CPR/4/9/1 3 Oct. 1853 - 21 May 1859

CPR/4/9/2 9 Sept.1861 - 19 Mar. 1869

CPR/4/9/3 4 Nov. 1869 - 1 May 1878

CPR/4/9/4 21 Oct. 1878 - 19 Dec. 1887

CPR/4/9/5 3 May 1888 - 12 Dec. 1898

OLRIG PARISH COUNCIL MINUTE BOOKS

CPR/4/9/6 9 Jan. 1899 - 10 Apr. 1905 closed until 2005

CPR/4/9/7 8 May 1905 - 11 Dec. 1911 closed until 2011

CPR/4/9/8 29 Jan. 1912 - 10 Oct. 1921 closed until 2021

CPR/4/9/9 8 May 1922 - 6 Nov. 1926 closed until 2026

CPR/4/9/10 11 Dec. 1926 - 10 May 1930 closed until 2030

OLRIG PARISH COUNCIL - ABSTRACT OF ACCOUNTS

CPR/4/9/11 Year ended 15 May 1920

CPR/4/9/12 Year ended 15 May 1921

CPR/4/9/13 Year ended 15 May 1922

CPR/4/9/14 Year ended 15 May 1923

CPR/4/9/15 Year ended 15 May 1924

CPR/4/9/16 Year ended 15 May 1925

CPR/4/9/17 Year ended 15 May 1926

CPR/4/9/18 Year ended 15 May 1927

CPR/4/9/19 Year ended 15 May 1928 closed until 2028

OLRIG PARISH COUNCIL - GENERAL REGISTER

CPR/4/9/20 13 Jan. 1896 - 7 June 1930 closed until 2030

OLRIG PARISH COUNCIL - RECORDS OF APPLICATIONS

CPR/4/9/21 28 July 1923 - 18 Feb. 1930 closed until 2030

0LRIG PARISH COUNCIL MINUTES OF MURRAY BEQUEST COMMITTEE

CPR/4/9/22 5 July 1912 - 1946/47 closed until 2047

OLRIG DISTRICT NURSING ASSOCIATION MINUTE BOOK

CPR/4/9/23 10 Jan. 1928 - 9 July 1957 closed until 2057

CASTLETOWN WATER AND DRAINAGE COMMITTEE

CPR/4/9/24 3 Oct. 1932 - 19 Apr. 1971

CASTLETOWN SPECIAL DISTRICT LIGHTING COMMITTEE

CPR/4/9/25 7 Oct. 1935 - 13 June 1940

PAROCHIAL BOARD MINUTE BOOKS

CPR/4/10/1 5 Aug. 1845 - 15 May 1853

CPR/4/10/2 15 Aug. 1853 - 24 Sept.1863

CPR/4/10/3 15 Oct. 1863 - 4 Mar. 1874

CPR/4/10/4 31 Oct. 1874 - 28 July 1879 (Scroll)

CPR/4/10/5 26 Mar. 1888 - 25 June 1894

THURSO PARISH COUNCIL MINUTE BOOKS

CPR/4/10/6 23 July 1894 - 25 Dec. 1899 closed until 2099

CPR/4/10/7 13 Jan. 1910 - 24 Mar. 1913 closed until 2013

CPR/4/10/8 28 Apr. 1913 - 28 June 1926 closed until 2026

CPR/4/10/9 26 July 1926 - 12 May 1930 closed until 2030

THURSO PAROCHIAL BOARD BURIAL GROUND MINUTE BOOKS

CPR/4/10/10 16 Dec. 1861 - 23 May 1898

CPR/4/10/10a 18 Feb. 1867 - 3 Aug. 1870

CPR/4/10/10b 5 Oct. 1870 - 28 Oct. 1878 (Scroll)

THURSO PARISH COUNCIL BURIAL GROUND MINUTE BOOKS

CPR/4/10/11 27 June 1898 - 23 Apr. 1900 closed until 2000

THURSO COMBINATION POORHOUSE MINUTE BOOK

CPR/4/10/12 7 June 1905 - 1 May 1925 closed until 2025

THURSO COMBINATION POORHOUSE COPY LETTER BOOK *

CPR/4/10/12a 11 Oct. 1860 - 15 Feb. 1893

THURSO PAROCHIAL BOARD RECORD OF APPLICATIONS

CPR/4/10/13 2 May 1855 - 5 July 1879

CPR/4/10/14 9 July 1879 - 4 Mar. 1890

CPR/4/10/15 22 Mar. 1890 - 30 Jan. 1917 closed until 2017

THURSO PAROCHIAL BOARD - CHILDRENS' SEPARATE REGISTER

CPR/4/10/16 16 Jan. 1854 - 22 Jan. 1900 closed until 2000

THURSO PAROCHIAL BOARD INSPECTOR'S VISITING BOOK

CPR/4/10/17 26 Mar. 1873 - 6 Apr. 1880

CPR/4/10/18 13 Oct. 1880 - 8 Mar. 1896

CPR/4/10/19 1889 - 1916 closed until 2016

THURSO PARISH COUNCIL - ABSTRACT OF ACCOUNTS

CPR/4/10/20 1916/1917

CPR/4/10/21 1917/1918

CPR/4/10/22 1918/1919

CPR/4/10/23 1919/1920

CPR/4/10/24 1920/1921

CPR/4/10/25 1921/1922

CPR/4/10/26 1922/1923

CPR/4/10/27 1923/1924

CPR/4/10/28 1924/1925

CPR/4/10/29 1925/1926

CPR/4/10/30 1926/1927 closed until 2027

THURSO PAROCHIAL BOARD ASSESSMENT ROLL

CPR/4/10/31 1881-1885

Record of Applications for Parochial Relief in the Parish of Wick.
Details within each volume:
Date of application
Name of applicant
Residence of applicant
Parish of birth of applicant
Time and date of inspectors visit to home
Condition (eg. widow, single)
Age
Occupation
Weekly earnings
Wholly or partially disabled
Name and ages of dependants
Other relevant information
Result of application
Refusal - reasons for refusal of relief

Lists those in attendance.
Meetings usually held twice monthly.
Meeting chiefly deal with applications from individuals for Poor Relief.
Includes occasional minutes of the Poorhouse Committee, Education Committee, Finance Committee, Law Committee, Sanitary Committee and reports from the Inspector of Nuisances.
Also includes details of housing conditions in the Wick area as well as measures taken to reduce the chances of cholera outbreaks.

CHILDRENS' SEPARATE REGISTER
As general registers, except that it will contain details of the circumstances of deserted or orphaned children in each Parish.
Classified as children until 14 years of age. Upon reaching the age of 14, they were struck off the register.

INSPECTORS' VISITING BOOKS
Normally pocket sized so that the Inspector could take the volume from house to house when he was calling to inspect the living conditions and state of health of applicants.
The Inspector would then report to the Parochial Board Members on the circumstances of the different individuals and advise as to whether they should be given assistance.
Numbers can be cross-referenced to the original Register of Applications in each Parish.

INSPECTORS' REPORT BOOK
Normally reports of street lighting, drains, water, matters of public health and reports of public nuisances.
Coincides with Thurso or Wick Police Commissioners minute books.

POOR RELIEF
The Act of the Scottish Parliament of 1579 laid down the general arrangements for poor relief, which was followed for several centuries. The Act itself was repealed only in 1906. One of the provisions of this Act called on each Parish to make a list of its own poor: those who had either been born in it, or who had acquired "residence" by a stay of at least seven years - this was later reduced to three years.

It was the Kirk Sessions who provided funds for the relief of the poor from various sources.

One of the main sources of income was voluntary collections at the Parish Churches.

In towns, according to the 1579 Act, the responsibility for providing relief lay with the provosts and bailies.

If further funds were required, money could be raised by imposing a tax on owners and occupiers of property within the parish.

The money raised was distributed for the relief of paupers listed on the Parochial Poor Roll. Occasional sums of money might be made to those suffering illness and unable to work; and to paupers travelling through the parish to reach their own parish of residence.

The burial costs of deceased paupers were paid for by the Parochial Board.

The considerable cost of maintaining paupers meant that there were strict procedures in place to obtain as much information as possible about the claimant before any relief was granted. The grant of money in relief of poverty was set at a lower rate than the earnings of the lowest paid worker. Grants were expected to be augmented by the charity of family, friends and neighbours.

The economic slumps and depressions of the 19th century, created unemployment and poverty and made it obvious that the old system of poor relief organised by the kirk sessions was inadequate.

In 1840 an association was formed in Edinburgh to argue for an enquiry into pauperism in Scotland. An official inquiry was called for by the General Assembly of 1841 but little happened. The Disruption in the Church of Scotland in 1843 caused a drop in congregational figures and collections for the poor, leaving the parish churches unable to provide for the needs of the poor.

In 1844, a committee was appointed to inquire into pauperism in Scotland and a lengthy questionnaire was sent to every parish in Scotland. From the information provided by these returns, as well as from personal visits to every presbytery, a report was drawn up.

In 1845, the Poor Law Amendment (Scotland) Act was passed.