Horsmonden Benefit Society

Minute book of the Horsmonden Benefit Society, recording monthly, quarterly and special committee meetings held at the Gun Inn, Horsmonden, Kent.

1869-1896

46 ff. 1 vol., 345 × 223 mm. Black oilcloth covering.

Purchased from Christine Swift Books, 1992.

The Society, and its Juvenile counterpart, was established to provide medical attendance and sickness payments with funeral and other expenses for subscribing members. Business was largely confined to administering Society funds, but appointments of medical officers and decisions on particular applications are minuted.

Described in typescript supplements, by Christopher Hilton and Richard Aspin, to the Library's published finding aids.