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Wet copy letter book. Note that some of the letters in this book may be difficult to read because of the poor quality of the copies. Indexed

Typed minutes. Comprises combined minutes of the York Union Collecting Committee and the York Out-Relief Union Out-Relief Union Collecting Committee.

Typed minutes. Indexed

Handwritten minutes

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.

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

Legal cases concerning investigations, claims and prosecutions instigated by or involving the York Poor Law Union. Includes cases concerning poor law union staff and paupers.

Typed minutes. Indexed

Comprises incoming letters from the Registrar General and other officers of the General Register Office in London to the Superintendent Registrar in York; and outgoing letters from the Superintendent Registrar to the General Register Office.

Includes instructions, memoranda and acts printed by the General Register Office.

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

Note, only the first few pages of this volume contain entries.

Comprises general ledgers for the York Poor Law Union; York Out-Relief Union; Bishopthorpe Out-Relief Union and Flaxton Out-Relief Union .

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).

Includes correspondence, primarily between Poor Law Unions, relating to settlement cases that were not accepted by the York Union. Correspondence may include significant biographical details for some cases.

Notices filed alphabetically by surname

Approved bound minutes. Most volumes are indexed

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

Includes name of staff member, office held, salary details, and signature of staff member

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.

Includes approved and draft minutes

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

Ledger containing summary accounts for the Flaxton 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.

Handwritten minutes

Handwritten minutes

Handwritten minutes

Ministry of Health publication. Includes loose typed insert of suggested rules and regulations governing the administration of The Grange (formerly York Workhouse).

Published book

Being The Consolidating Poor Law Act of 1930 with the other enactments and orders of the Minister of Health relating to powers and duties of the Poor Law authorities, and their Public Assistance Committees and Officers.
Published book

Comprises summary accounts of amounts of relief recovered and postage accounts.

Comprises treasurer's financial ledgers for the York Poor Law Union and 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 Out-Relief Union.

Comprises minutes of the meetings of the Board of Guardians of the York Poor Law Union (also known as Union minutes); and from 1929 the minutes of the Public Assistance Committee.

See also Flaxton Out-Relief Union, Board of Guardians minutes PLU/1/12; and York Out-Relief Union, Board of Guardians minutes PLU/1/13

Approved minutes of the York Union Finance Committee. Includes two volumes of combined minutes of the York Union Finance Committee and the York Out-Relief Union Finance Committee.

Also includes two loose, completed appointment slips for the Medical Officer

Handwritten and typed minutes. Includes indexed minutes of the following committees: Boarding-Out Committee; Dietary Committee; Fire Committee; List of Inmates Sub-Committee; Sub-Committee to report on poor law workers reforms; Registrar for Skelton Committee; Regulations for the administration of the Institution Committee; Tender Forms Committee; Working of the Hospital Sub-Committee; Year Book Committee. Also other committees (not indexed).

Handwritten minutes

Handwritten minutes. Indexed

Wet copy letter book. Note that some of the letters in this book may be difficult to read because of the poor quality of the copies. Indexed

Includes name; office; date commenced employment; and date left employment. Listed in rough alphabetical order. Loose inserts in back of volume include a list of institution staff compiled in response to the Representation of the People Act 1928.

Comprises approved minutes and draft minutes of the Flaxton Out-Relief Union's Board of Guardians.

Records of children placed in apprenticeships while under the care of the York Board of Guardians.

Comprises a register of apprentices and an apprentice indenture.

Includes total amounts recovered and payments to treasurer for out-relief, in-maintenance and lunatics.

List of children indentured to trades by the Board of Guardians. Includes date of indenture (apprenticeship); name of apprentice; gender; age; parents' names; residence of parents; parish; name of person training the apprentice; trade and residence of tradesman; term of apprenticeship; and fee.

Includes name of staff member, office held, salary details, and signature of staff member