Cotton Districts Convalescent Fund and Barnes Samaritan Charity
1870-1991
Archives
Total copies: 1
COTTON DISTRICTS CONVALESCENT FUND.
Governors and Hospitals and General Purposes Committee: Minutes, 1875 - 1975; Governors and Hospitals and General Purposes Committee: Agenda Books, 1955-1974; Governors and Hospitals and General Purposes Committee: Rough Agenda Books, 1953-1981; Annual Reports, 1936-1974;
Legal Documents and Related Papers, 1907-1908; Books of Regulations, 1875 - post 1960; Finance: Nominal Ledger, 1955-1980; Finance: Cash Books, 1943-1975; Correspondence, 1970-1977; Brochures etc, 20th C.; Printed histories.
BARNES SAMARITAN CHARITY
Managers' Minutes, 1872-1954; Visiting/Investigation Committee: Minutes, 1872-1920; Finance Committee: Minutes, 1872-1916; Agenda Books, 1955-1973; Rough Agenda Books, 1956-1975; Annual Reports, 1956-1974; Legal Documents, 1870-1924; Books of Regulations, 1872-1951; Finance: Ledgers, 1872-1980; Finance: Cash Book, 1951-1975; Finance: Monthly Summary of Payments to Recipients, 1957-1979; Correspondence, applications for assistance etc, 1909-1975
COTTON DISTRICTS CONVALESCENT FUND AND BARNES SAMARITAN CHARITY
Annual Reports, 1975-1991; Correspondence, applications for assistance etc, 1975-1982.
Related Material:See also D. Buckley, 'Manchester and the Cotton Famine 1861-1862' (on microfilm MF 1400)
Place:/Manchester/Manchester/Lancashire/England
/Salford/Manchester/Lancashire/England
Title:
Cotton Districts Convalescent Fund and Barnes Samaritan Charity
Date of work:
1870-1991
Reference number:
GB127.M558
Level of description:
Fonds
Includes:
Custodial history:
The Cotton Districts Convalescent Fund was founded in 1875 to make use of the undistributed balance of the money collected to relieve the distress caused by the Cotton Famine of 1861. Its object was to provide for convalescent care of needy persons from designated areas. A convalescent home was built at Southport and later money was contributed to the enlargement and reconstruction of the Devonshire Hospital, Buxton and a Children's Sanatorium in Southport.
The Barnes Samaritan Charity was founded in 1872 under the provision of the will of Robert Barnes, esq (June 1870). The object was 'the relief of persons afflicted with severe or incurable bodily disease, at their own homes ...'. Again, recipients had to live within a certain area, in the first instance the City of Manchester or Borough of Salford.
Under a scheme dated 8 April 1975, the Charity Commissioners approved a scheme for the two charities to be administered jointly, although the different conditions governing who might benefit from each charity were retained.
Access restrictions:
UnrestrictedPermission of the Secretary is required to see records less than 30 years old.
This material is stored off site and we require 2 weeks' notice in order to retrieve it.
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
General notes:
Arrangement:Arranged by organisation. Each charity is arranged by function
Record types:
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
Language:
English
Record number:
7197038