Halifax: Overseers of the Poor

This Foldout lists some of the people who have served as Overseer of the Poor and Assistant Overseer for Halifax. The Overseers' Office was at 7 Upper Kirkgate, Halifax [1830].

• Michael Stocks [1800]
• John Baldwin [1800s]
• James Highley – assistant [1800s]
• William Frederick Highley – assistant [until 1880]
• Andrew Fleming [1854]
• Henry Edmunds [1878]
• Walter George Bairstow – assistant [from 1892 to 1908].

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