Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
- House Committee
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- York Poor Law Union
- Workhouse Committee; ?mid-19thc-1906; 1914-1930
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By the 1920s this committee comprised 18 elected members plus quarterly members (the remaining 65 Guardians were divided into 4 groups and each group sat on the committee for three months of the year). There was a changing array of sub-committees that reported directly to the Workhouse Committee, for example: the Farm and Garden Committee; Provisions and Clothing Committee; Timber Committee; Works and Repairs Committee; and Entertainment Committee.
Replaced by the Workhouse Visiting Committee (1906-1914); then reinstated in 1914 to replace the Workhouse Visiting Committee.
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Met fortnightly to deal with all aspects relating to the administration of the workhouse, infirmary and other associated buildings. Dealt with upkeep of the buildings, provisions for inmates and the treatment of the sick.
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General context
By the 1920s this committee comprised 18 elected members plus quarterly members (the remaining 65 Guardians were divided into 4 groups and each group sat on the committee for three months of the year). There was a changing array of sub-committees that reported directly to the Workhouse Committee, for example: the Farm and Garden Committee; Provisions and Clothing Committee; Timber Committee; Works and Repairs Committee; and Entertainment Committee.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa
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Sources
JBM How York Governs Itself; York Poor Law Union year books PLU/11/5/1