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An Act of Parliament in the year 1834 took the responsibility of administering to the poor from the local parish church to the doorstep of civil government. The government grouped each civil parish into a union of parishes. There were nearly 600 such unions throughout England, each one comprising close to 20 or more parishes, and were specifically setup to meet the demands of the poor among their local populations, with a workhouse on the premises. The | {{breadcrumb | ||
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==Online Resources== | |||
*'''1558-1939''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/yorkshire-sheffield-social-and-institutional-records-1558-1939 Yorkshire, Sheffield Social and Institutional Records 1558-1939] at Findmypast — index & images ($) | |||
*'''1700-1915''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/yorkshire-sheffield-workhouse-admissions-1700-1915 Yorkshire, Sheffield, Workhouse Admissions 1700-1915] at Findmypast ($) | |||
==Background== | |||
An Act of Parliament in the year 1834 took the responsibility of administering to the poor from the local parish church to the doorstep of civil government. The government grouped each civil parish into a union of parishes. There were nearly 600 such unions throughout England, each one comprising close to 20 or more parishes, and were specifically setup to meet the demands of the poor among their local populations, with a workhouse on the premises. The responsibility was transferred from local parishes to a Board of Guardians in each union. These groupings or unions were known as poor-law unions. Yorkshire had many poorlaw unions within its boundaries. | |||
=== The Poor Law Unions === | === The Poor Law Unions === | ||
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*Thorne | *Thorne | ||
*Tadcaster | *Tadcaster | ||
*Wakefield | *Wakefield | ||
*Wetherby | *Wetherby | ||
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=== Online Transcriptions Relating to Poor Law Records === | |||
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For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's | For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's website: [http://workhouses.org.uk/ The Workhouse] and [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/map/yorks.shtml Poor Law Unions in Yorkshire map] for more information on the history] of the workhouse, providing history and a few online records | ||
{{Place|Yorkshire|Poor Law Unions}} {{Poor Law}} | {{Place|Yorkshire|Poor Law Unions}} {{Poor Law}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||