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Approved, bound minutes of the Board of Guardians of the York Poor Law Union.

The Guardians met weekly or fortnightly to discuss and approve a range of matters relating to the administration of the poor law.

The minutes may include references to named individuals if there was a reason for bringing an individual case before the Guardians .

Some volumes are indexed or partially indexed

Rough, unapproved minutes of the Board of Guardians of the York Poor Law Union

Includes approved and draft minutes

Approved, bound minutes

Approved, bound minutes

Approved, bound minutes

Approved typed minutes of the Public Assistance Committee

Bound approved minutes

Rough, unapproved minutes

Approved bound minutes. Most volumes are indexed

Approved minutes for the House and House Visiting Sub-Committee of the Public Assistance Committee.

Comprises general correspondence sent by the Clerk of the York Poor Law Union, and, from 1930, the Public Assistance Officer of the Public Assistance Committee.

The correspondence concerns the general administration and application of the New Poor Law by the York Poor Law Union and Public Assistance Committee. Included in this correspondence are letters concerning individuals who applied for, or were receiving relief.

The letters are handwritten up to 1903, and typed from 1903 onwards.

Incoming correspondence from the Ministry of Health to the Clerk of the York Poor Law Union

Comprises general outgoing correspondence of Flaxton, Bishopthorpe and Escrick Out-Relief Unions. Each out-relief union also acted as their respective rural district council.

Comprises general correspondence sent by the Public Assistance Officer of the Public Assistance Committee.

The correspondence concerns the general administration of the Poor Law by the York Public Assistance Committee. Included in this correspondence are letters concerning individuals who have applied for, or are receiving relief.

All files are indexed.

Rest centres were established during World War II. The purpose of the centres was to house individuals who became homeless as a result of enemy action.

The correspondence in these files primarily concerns the administration of the various centres throughout York.

Correspondence in both files is indexed.

Much of this correspondence deals with wartime welfare and emergency services, and the immediate postwar reconstruction of social services and healthcare.

The correspondence was arranged in files according to subject.

Comprises combined files of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Public Assistance Committee.

Comprises outgoing letter books of the York Poor Law Union to the Local Government Board and incoming correspondence from the Local Government Board to the York Poor Law Union.

Weekly statistical returns recording the number and category of persons in receipt of relief.

Comprises weekly returns and monthly statistics for numbers of persons in receipt of relief.

Comprises annual returns of the poor rate for York Out-Relief Union; Bishopthorpe Out-Relief Union and Flaxton Out-Relief Union.

Comprises files for individuals who have successfully applied for positions at the York Poor Law Union and Workhouse.The content of each appointement file varies but may include the following: application form; correspondence from applicant; service certificates; references; report of particulars to Local Government Board; confirmation of appointment by Local Government Board; certification of medical fitness and other correspondence.

Includes circular; lists of officers informed and availing themselves of the act; superannuation registers; certificates of service; nurses superannuation records; Registrars' declaration of fees, replies of offices and certificates of superannuated officers.

Comprises weekly and half-yearly records of wages and salaries for staff of the York Poor Law Union.

Published year books of the York Poor Law Union.

Information within the year books varies from year to year but may include: general regulations and standing orders governing the union; committees serving the Union and Out-Relief Unions; lists of elected Guardians and other officers including length of service; committees; lists of parishes within the Union; and workhouse dietaries.

Newspaper cuttings relating primarily to the York Poor Law Union.

Includes books and information pamphlets used in the administration of the Poor Law. These publications were consulted by officers of the York Poor Law Union and Public Assistance Committee.

Summary financial statements recording total receipts and expenditure.
Includes statements for the Guardians of the York Union and the York Union Assessment Committee.

Summary financial statements recording total receipts and expenditure by the Guardians of the York Out-Relief Union.

Statements are completed for each half-year ending in March and September.

Ledgers containing summary accounts for the York Poor Law Union.

Includes accounts from individual officers (Treasurer, Vaccination Officer, Relieving Officers and other officials) as well as general accounts relating to the administration of the Union.

Volumes prior to 1849 include summary parochial accounts which record amounts spent on relief in each parish. Parochial accounts from 1849 onwards are recorded in separate parochial ledgers (see PLU/12/3/1).

Draft and rough general accounts for the York Poor Law Union

Contain summary accounts for the York Rural Sanitary Authority.

Ledgers containing summary accounts for the York Out-Relief Union.

Includes accounts from individual officers (Treasurer, Vaccination Officer, Relieving Officers and other officials) as well as general accounts relating to the administration of the Union.

Ledgers containing summary accounts for the Bishopthorpe Out-Relief Union and Rural District Council.

Includes accounts from individual officers (Treasurer, Vaccination Officer, Relieving Officers and other officials) as well as general accounts relating to the administration of the Union (and Council).

Financial ledgers recording balances of accounts for each parish within the York Poor Law Union.

Accounts are recorded in two half-yearly periods ending in March and September.

Financial ledgers recording half-yearly balances of accounts for each parish covered by the Rural Sanitary Authority.

Financial ledgers recording balances of accounts for each parish within the York Out-Relief Union.

Summary account ledgers kept by the Treasurer of the Poor Law Union. Includes accounts of payments received, and invoices and salaries paid.

Account ledgers kept by the Treasurer of the York Out-Relief Union Union. Includes payments received, and invoices and salaries paid.

Financial record of money received and paid out by the Treasurer on behalf of the Guardians of the York Poor Law Union.

Financial record of money received and paid out by the Treasurer on behalf of the Guardians of the York Out-Relief Union.

Financial record of money received and paid out by the Treasurer on behalf of the Guardians of the Flaxton Out-Relief Union.

Note, one draft volume includes figures for both Flaxton and Bishopthorpe Out-Relief Unions

Papers concerning a legal dispute between North Eastern Railway [NER] and the York Poor Law Union regarding valuation and rating of NER railway property for the purposes of the poor rate.

This material has not been listed to item level but the following summary box list provides an indication of content:

Box 1 [c 1899-1901]
Printed copies of arbitration between North Eastern Railway and York Poor Law Union

Box 2 [c 1898-1902]
Includes: extracts of rate books, surveyors' reports and proofs, notice of appeal to the York Assessment Committee, sketch of NER lines, documents concerning related cases.

Box 3 [c 1899-1900]
Includes: notices of objections to valuation lists, notices of Assessment Committee meetings, correspondence, agreements, contracts, notices of appeal against the poor rate.

Box 4 [c 1899-1903]
Includes: correspondence, rating estimates and valuations, documents concerning related cases

Box 5 [c 1900-1903]
Includes: correspondence and related papers regarding contracts with York Union.

Box 6 [c 1900-1901]
Includes: rating assessments, statements, rating valuations and estimates, proofs of reports from engineers, building particulars and valuations, correspondence.

Box 7[c 1899-1902]
Includes: correspondence regarding inspections by expert witnesses, proofs of reports from experts, building valuation, papers for related cases, estimates and valuations.

Box 8 [c 1901-1902]
Includes: rating appeals, instructions to counsel, papers relating to plaintiff accounts and claims, briefs to counsel, correspondence, proofs of reports from experts

Box 9 [c 1898-1902]
Includes: brief to counsel and respondents, correspondence, proofs of reports from experts, documents for related cases

Box 10 [c 1900-1903]
Includes: Notice of objections to valuation list, appeals against the poor rate, correspondence, proofs of reports from experts.

Box 11 [c 1899-1901]
Includes: correspondence, rating appeals, legal opinions and other papers.

Box 12 [c 1898-1902]
Includes: rating appeals, briefs for respondents, valuation and building particulars.

Box 13 [c 1900-1901]
Includes: NER timetables for 1901, briefs for respondents and counsel, valuations, documents for related case.

Box 14 [c 1898-1903]
Includes: correspondence, extracts from rate books, valuations

Box 15 [c 1898-1900]
Includes: passenger train alterations 1900-1901, briefs to counsel, correspondence, proofs of reports from experts, instructions to counsel.

Box 16 [c 1900-1903]
Includes: brief for defendants, analysis of plaintiff's accounts, assessments and valuations, correspondence.

Box 17 [c 1898-1902]
Includes: list of legal fees, correspondence, rating appeals, documents for related cases.

Box 18 [c 1899-1901]
Includes: correspondence, notices of appeal against the poor rate, valuations, documents for related cases.

Box 19 [c 1898-1900]
Includes: proofs of reports from experts, valuation lists, correspondence, notices of appeal against the poor rate, briefs for respondents.

Box 20 [c 1898-1900]
Includes: correspondence, notices of appeal against the poor rate, valuation lists, proofs of reports from experts.

Box 21 [c 1897-1902]
Includes: extracts from rate books, correspondence, briefs for respondents, accounts of plaintiff.

Box 22 [c 1898-1902]
Includes: correspondence, extracts from rate books, briefs to counsel, notices of appeal against the poor rate, valuations.

Box 23 [c 1900-1902]
Correspondence only

Box 24 [c 1898-1900]
Includes: proofs of reports from experts, valuations, statements, correspondence, documents for related case.

Box 25 [c 1898-1903]
Correspondence only

Box 26 [c 1900-1902]
Includes: proofs of reports from experts, bills of costs.

Box 27 [c 1899-1902]
Includes: instructions to counsel, reports, correspondence, documents for related case.

Box 28 [c 1900-1901]
Includes: briefs to counsel and respondents, correspondence.

Includes inventory of and valuation of workhouse

Includes correspondence from the Poor Law Commissioners and 1818 report of the Workhouse sub-committee regarding possible classification of paupers.

Includes conditions of sale; draft and copy conveyances; and correspondence relating to parish involvement in sale of the workhouse; and names of the trustees of Marygate workhouse.

Notices to individuals to quit properties and remove waste.

Historic title deeds for Etridge's Royal Hotel

Conracts for building work at the Workhouse

For work carried out at York Workhouse

Bills of costs for building work at York Workhouse

Agreements for buildign work at the Workhouse kitchen and dining hall

Admission and discharge books kept by the Master of the York Workhouse and successor institutions.
Includes name; age; occupation; religion; parish/ward; date of admission and discharge; and other observations.

Admission and discharge books kept by the Master of City Institution/The Grange (previously York Workhouse).
The terms 'vagrants', 'casuals' or 'the casual poor' were used in reference to individuals who were homeless, destitute and wandered (tramped) from place to place.

Entries include name; age; gender; occupation; place of sleeping the previous night; date of admission and date of discharge; next destination; in some cases the task performed to earn relief is recorded.

Admission and discharge books kept by the Porters' of The Grange.
Includes name; age; occupation; religion; residence; name and address of nearest relative; date of admission and discharge; and how discharged.

Records admission and discharges of patients/inmates along with diagnoses

Comprises official reports from staff at the City Institution (formerly the workhouse)

Statistical returns concerning numbers of patients and staff

Registers recording births in York Workhouse (later called City Institution).
Includes name; name of parent/s; date of birth; gender; parish/address; and in some cases further remarks. Registers from 1914 include whether the child was legitimate or illegitimate.

Registers recording deaths in York Workhouse (later called the City Institution and The Grange).

Includes name; date of death; age; parish/ward/address; cause of death; and where buried.

Includes name; birth year; gender; date of admission; from whom received; some volumes also include district admitted from. Note that not all fields are necessarily completed.

Includes name; date of admission and discharge; age; results of examination on admission and discharge; and institution referred to.

Registers of property belonging to patients at The Grange. Includes name; date of admission and discharge; list of property and/or cash; and who received the property.

Lists name; date admitted; and items registered.

Orders concerning classification of inmates

Includes name of inmate; age; and action taken.

Includes name; office; date commenced employment; and date left employment. Listed in rough alphabetical order

Includes name; address; and details of sick leave and holiday leave.

Registers of accounts relating to the administration of the City Institution/The Grange (formerly the workhouse)

Inventory of furniture in rooms of the Institution

Contains lists of articles and suppliers

Comprises application and report books, which record details of individuals who applied for out- relief from the York Poor Law Union. The records were kept by the Relieving Officer.

Information recorded may include: name of applicant; age; address; occupation (if any); marital status; if a child whether orphaned, deserted or illegitimate; the presence of disability or illness; reason for applying for relief; and details of relief granted. Also includes decisions to send individuals to the workhouse or other institutions. From the 1840s to the 1860s non-settled poor and Common Charges (irremovable poor and vagrants) are recorded in the back of books, where relevant.

Application details were recorded by the Relieving Officers of the York Poor Law Union. Books are divided into quarterly periods (March, June, September and December). Please note, not all records survive.

The majority of surviving records are for the City District of York, although three volumes survive for the Rural District for 1879, 1880 and 1884 (see PLU/3/1/1/94-95 and PLU/3/1/1/97)

Contains summary information for a small number of the complete volumes of Application and Report Books (see ref: PLU/3/1/1). Records details of individuals who applied for relief to the York Poor Law Union.

Includes name of applicant; age; reason for applying for relief; relief given and duration of relief. Also records decisions to send individuals to the workhouse or other institutions.

Full application and report and transitional payments books recording details of individuals applying to the York Public Assistance Committee for relief.

Includes name of applicant; address; cause of application; and amount granted. For some applicants, age and number of children are also recorded.

Includes relief lists of the York Poor Law Union, and, after 1930, the Public Assistance Committee.

Information recorded varied over time. Name of pauper and amount of relief received each week are always recorded; age and residence of pauper were also included at various periods. A statistical portion recording the classification of paupers appears in books from Sep 1848. Non-settled poor and Common Charges (irremovable poor and vagrants) are recorded in the back of books where relevant. Children boarded-out are also recorded for a short time in the early twentieth century. In some instances entries may indicate if an individual was sent to an institution (for example, the workhouse or the asylum).

From 1837 to 1848 records were divided into quarterly periods (March, June, September and December); from 1849 to 1948 they were divided into half-yearly periods. Please note that not all records survive.

Between 1898 and Mar 1904 the York City District was divided into City District 1 and City District 2; between 1905 and 1935 the City District was organised into East, West and North Districts; and from 1936 to 1948 it was organised into East, West, North and Central districts.

Relief order books were kept by the Clerk of the York Poor Law Union and later the Public Assistance Committee.

The books record orders for out-relief granted by the York Guardians/Public Assistance Committee in response to applications put forward by the Relieving Officer (see PLU/3/1 Application and Report books).

Details entered into the books include: name of applicant seeking relief, name of parish/relief district; quantity and description of relief; and how many weeks relief was granted.

Note that books were dated in quarterly periods. For example Mar 1910-Sep 1910 = quarter ending in March to quarter ending in September and would therefore cover the months Jan-Sep 1910.

Draft copies of relief order books (see PLU/3/3/1 - Relief order books). Relief order books were kept by the Clerk of the York Poor Law Union. The books record orders for out-relief granted by the York Guardians in response to applications put forward by the Relieving Officer (see PLU/3/1 Application and Report books).

Details entered into the books may include: name of applicant seeking relief, name of parish/relief district; quantity and description of relief; and how many weeks relief was granted.

Accounts kept by the Relieving officer of the York Poor Law Union (prior to 1894) and the York Out-Relief Union (post 1894) and the Public Assistance Committee (post 1930).

Records weekly sums of money received by the Relieving Officer from the Treasurer of the Poor Law Union, and total amounts of relief charged to each parish or ward.

Summary acccounts for each financial quarter are recorded in the back of each volume. Only records names of inidividuals in relation to fees incurred for examinations to determine settlement status.

Includes records for the rural and city districts 1862-1897 and records for the city district only post 1897. See PLU/3/5/2-4 for records of the rural district post 1897 .

Accounts kept by the Relieving Officer of the Bishopthorpe Out-Relief Union.

Records weekly sums of money received by the Relieving Officer from the Treasurer, and total amounts of relief charged to each parish or ward.

Summary acccounts for each financial quarter are recorded in the back of each volume.

See PLU/3/5/1/5; PLU/3/5/1/7; PLU/3/5/1/9; PLU/3/5/1/11; and PLU/3/5/1/13 for pre-1897 records for the rural district of the York Union, which includes the area later covered by the Bishopthorpe Out-Relief Union.

Accounts kept by the Relieving officer of the Escrick Out-Relief Union.

Records weekly sums of money received by the Relieving Officer from the Treasurer, and total amounts of relief charged to each parish or ward.

Summary acccounts for each financial quarter are recorded in the back of each volume.

See PLU/3/5/1/5; PLU/3/5/1/7; PLU/3/5/1/9; PLU/3/5/1/11; and PLU/3/5/1/13 for pre-1897 records for the rural district York Union, which includes the area later covered by the Escrick Out-Relief Union.

Accounts kept by the Relieving officer of the Flaxton Out-Relief Union.

Records weekly sums of money received by the Relieving Officer from the Treasurer, and total amounts of relief charged to each parish or ward.

Summary acccounts for each financial quarter are recorded in the back of each volume.

See PLU/3/5/1/5; PLU/3/5/1/7; PLU/3/5/1/9; PLU/3/5/1/11; and PLU/3/5/1/13 for pre-1897 records for the rural district York Union, which includes the area later covered by the Flaxton Out-Relief Union.

Records medical relief delivered to paupers by the District Medical Officer/s of the York Poor Law Union and later the Public Assistance Committee.

Includes name of pauper; residence; nature of disease; date of relief; and days attended by the medical officer. Also notes if patients were ordered into institutions such as the Workhouse Infirmary or Fever Hospital.

Records receipt of payments by relatives or organisations towards the cost of maintaining people in receipt of out-relief, in a York Poor Law institution or in an asylum.

Includes name of person/organisation; from whom payment received; purpose of payment; amount; and record of payments transferred to the Treasurer of the York Union.

Comprises removal orders received and obtained, and settlement enquiries pursued by the York Public Assistance Committee

Registers of smallpox vaccinations kept by the Vaccination Officers (District Medical Officers) of the York Poor Law Union.

Details for each registered child include: date of birth; place of birth; child's name; parents' names; address; and father's occupation. Further columns record the date of vaccination or whether vaccination was not carried.

Volumes PLU/8/1/1/18 -PLU/8/1/1/27 include inserted correspondence relating to individual vaccination cases. This correspondence primarily concerns notices of vaccination and/or notes from parents detailing reasons why vaccination should be delayed or is not necessary.

NOTE: volumes 8-18 are MISSING as at Nov 2016

Registers of smallpox vaccinations kept by the Vaccination Officers (District Medical Officer) of the York Poor Law Union.

Details for each registered child include: date of birth; place of birth; child's name; parents' names; address; and father's occupation. Further columns record the date of vaccination and whether it was successful.

Volumes PLU/8/1/2/17-PLU/8/1/2/26 include inserted correspondence relating to individual vaccination cases. This correspondence primarily concerns notices of vaccination and/or notes from parents detailing reasons why vaccination is delayed or not necessary.

Poor rate assessment books

Poor rate assessment books

Poor rate assessment books

Poor rate assessment books

Poor rate assessment books

Poor rate assessment books

Poor rate assessment books

Poor rate assessment books

Poor rate assessment books