Photograph: Board of Guardians of the Anglesey Union

PHOTOGRAPH: Board of Guardians of the Anglesey Union, taken to commemorate the abolition of the Board.

Until the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, relief of the poor was the responsibility of the parish. Following the Act, parishes were grouped into Unions which were charged to provide a workhouse for the relief of the able-bodied poor. The Anglesey Union included most of the parishes on the island was formed in 1837, and in 1852 the Holyhead Union was split from it. There were two workhouses in Anglesey, at Llannerchymedd (Llanerch-y-medd) and Valley. The parishes in the southeast of the island were part of the Bangor and Beaumaris Union, while Llanfair-y-Cwmwd, Llangaffo, Llangeinwen, Llanidan and Newborough were part of the Caernarvon Union (records of which are held in Caernarfon Record Office). The Board of Guardians responsible for the Union had other duties from time to time, including the registration of births, marriages and deaths, vaccinations, assessments of rates, sanitation, school attendance and infant life protection. By the time of the Local Government Act 1929, Unions were abolished and their duties transferred to County Councils, responsibility for the poor being transferred to the Public Assistance Committee until 1948.

Dim cyfyngiadau/ No Restrictions

Adnau preifat / Private deposit.

Os gwelwch yn dda archebwch y dogfenau gan ddefnyddio y rhif cyfeirnod amgen (lle ddarperidd) / Please order documents using the alternative reference number (where provided)

Mae copiau clawr caled o`r catalogau ar gael yn Archifau Ynys Môn ac yn y Gofrestr Cenedlaethol Archifau. Polisi Archifau Ynys Môn yw catalogio yn iaith y ddogfen./Hard copies of the catalogue are available at Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives and the National Register of Archives. It is the policy of Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives to catalogue in the language of the document.

Cyflwr da / Good condition

Description by Amanda Sweet for Archifdy Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives.

Mae'r holl gofnodiadau sy'n cydymffurfio â pholisi casglu Swyddfa Gofnodi Cyngor Sir Ynys Môn wedi eu cadw / All records which meet the collection policy of the Anglesey Archives have been retained.

Ni ddisgwylir croniadau/Accruals are not expected

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