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.
Financial record of money received and paid out by the Treasurer on behalf of the Guardians of the York Poor Law Union.
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.
Approved typed minutes of the Public Assistance Committee
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.
Approved, bound minutes
Orders concerning classification of inmates
Includes name of inmate; age; and action taken.
Comprises removal orders received and obtained, and settlement enquiries pursued by the York Public Assistance Committee
Comprises combined files of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Public Assistance Committee.
Comprises weekly returns and monthly statistics for numbers of persons in receipt of relief.
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.
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.
Approved, bound minutes
Approved minutes for the House and House Visiting Sub-Committee of the Public Assistance Committee.
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.
Includes name; date of admission and discharge; age; results of examination on admission and discharge; and institution referred to.
Lists name; date admitted; and items registered.
Statistical returns concerning numbers of patients and staff
Includes name; office; date commenced employment; and date left employment. Listed in rough alphabetical order
Comprises official reports from staff at the City Institution (formerly the workhouse)
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.
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.
Contains lists of articles and suppliers
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.
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.
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.
Records admission and discharges of patients/inmates along with diagnoses
Registers of accounts relating to the administration of the City Institution/The Grange (formerly the workhouse)
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.
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.