Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
- House Visiting Committee
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- York Poor Law Union
- Workhouse Visiting Committee; 1906-1914
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Visiting Committee appears to have been a full committee that had an intermittent life along with the Workhouse Committee (see Relationships below). After 1914 there were several visiting sub-committees which inspected various aspects of the workhouse and reported directly to the Workhouse Committee.
Replaced the Workhouse Committee (?mid-19thc-(1906); then was replaced by the Workhouse Committee, which was reinstated in 1914.
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Responsible for inspecting the workhouse; for ensuring it was run properly; and for the welfare of inmates. At this time the Visiting Committee also dealt with matters relating to the maintenance of the workhouse and associated buildings.
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General context
The Visiting Committee appears to have been a full committee that had an intermittent life along with the Workhouse Committee (see Relationships below). After 1914 there were several visiting sub-committees which inspected various aspects of the workhouse and reported directly to the Workhouse Committee.
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Authority record identifier
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Rules and/or conventions used
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