Newspaper cuttings relating primarily to the York Poor Law Union.
Inventory of furniture in rooms of the Institution
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.
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.
Contain summary accounts for the York Rural Sanitary Authority.
Financial ledgers recording half-yearly balances of accounts for each parish covered by the Rural Sanitary Authority.
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.
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.
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.
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 Out-Relief Union.
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.
Bills of costs for building work at York Workhouse
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.
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
See also PLU/9/1/31/1 for joint rate book of Minster Yard with Bedern, Mint Yard and St Michael-le-Belfrey
Poor rate assessment books
Poor rate assessment books
Poor rate assessment books.
Rough, unapproved minutes of the Board of Guardians of the York Poor Law Union
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.