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York Poor Law Union and Workhouse records (including records of the York Public Assistance Committee)
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Application and report books and abstracts
PLU/3/1 · Series · 1837-c1934 [with gaps]
Part of York Poor Law Union and Workhouse records (including records of the York Public Assistance Committee)

Records details of individuals who applied for relief (welfare) through the Relieving Officer of the York Poor Law Union and, after 1930, the Public Assistance Committee.

Comprises application and report books; abstracts of application and report books; and application, report and transitional payments determination lists (Public Assistance Committee).
Application and report books, City and Rural Districts
PLU/3/1/1 · Sub-series · 1837-1906 [with gaps]
Part of York Poor Law Union and Workhouse records (including records of the York Public Assistance Committee)

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)
Outdoor relief
PLU/3 · Sub-fonds · 19th century-20th century
Part of York Poor Law Union and Workhouse records (including records of the York Public Assistance Committee)

Comprises records relating to the administration of relief granted to the poor in their own home (i.e. outside the Workhouse, hence the term 'outdoor relief').

Includes application and report books, weekly outdoor relief lists, relief order books, relief granted on loan, relieving officers' receipt and expenditure books, relief in kind books and records relating to medical relief.