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YORK Poor Law Union and Workhouse
York Poor Law Union was declared 19th June 1837.
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Workhouse:
A building of brick to hold 607 inmates, Huntingdon Road;
John MOFFITT, master;
Rev. E Storrs FOX M.A., chaplain;
Sydney H SMITH, medical officer;
Mrs Isabella MOFFITT, matron.
The York Union also had 3 out-relief unions -
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Flaxton - comprising of 25 townships, population 1901 was 6,042
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Escrick - 17 townships with a population in 1901 of 5,214.
- Bishopthorpe - 6 parishes - population in 1901 was 1,960
In addition to York being an out-relief union as well.
The population of York Union as a whole in 1901 was 91,656
Kelly's Directory 1909
Submitted by Andy Kerridge
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The workhouse was erected
1848 to 1849 on Huntingdon Road, from designs by John and William Atkinson,
architects.
The Builder 1868 Vol XXVI 952 pp
4th January 1868
020 York Workhouse Chapel & Dining room Lately Mr J. L. Forster, one
of the guardians of the York Union, applied to the Board for permission to
undertake the decoration of the large room in this workhouse which is used
as a chapel and also as a dining-hall. Leave was given, and the funds were
provided by a private subscription. Mr. J.W.Knowles, of this city, mural
decorator, carried out the work. The ceiling, which is divided in certain
places with beams (supported by pillars), has been coloured a warm buff,
and thrown into panels by an ornament of a darker shade. The walls from
the ceiling to the window-heads is coloured the same buff as the ceiling;
from thence down to the dado they are sage green, having ornamented bands
of a deep yellow and red running across horizontally, the intermediate
spaces being filled with fleur-de-lis of a darker green. On the face of
each pillar, which is coloured grey and deep yellow alternately, is a fret
in Indian red, banded by a style of sage green. A fret is also stencilled
under each beam. The seats have also been stained and varnished.
Source: Submitted by Alan Longbottom
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ESCRICK
Escrick appears not to have had a workhouse in 1909. The following introduced
the section on Out Relief "By Local Government Order, Escrick has been
formed into an Out Relief District, from York Union, and under the provisions of
the "Local Government Act, 1894" (56+57 vict), A Rural District has
been formed."
There were 18 parishes/townships within this district, with a population in 1901
of 5,214.
Submitted by Andy Kerridge
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Useful Links
Link to York Poor Law Records
http://www.a2a.pro.gov.uk
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