Poor Law Guide 4
Explore The parishes of the York Poor Law Union
List of parishes within the York Poor Law Union The following parishes forming the York Poor Law Union were divided into seven registration districts and fifteen medical districts (not listed): parishes in italics were later additions and are not shown in the original list from the Board of Guardians minutes for 17 Jul 1837. City parishes are listed in black type and rural parishes are listed in brown type.
Micklegate District All Saints, North Street Holy Trinity Micklegate St. John' Micklegate St. Martin-cum-Gregory St Mary, Bishophill, Junior St Mary, Bishophill, Senior Acaster Malbis Angram Askham Richard Bishopthorpe Copmanthorpe Dringhouses Holgate
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Middlethorpe Poppleton, Upper
Walmgate District All Saints, Peasholme St Crux St. Cuthbert and St. Helen on-the-Walls. St. Dennis & St. George St. Lawrence St. Margaret St. Maurice St Peter-le-Willows St. Nicholas St Saviour Fulford, Gate Fulford, Water Heworth Heslington, St.Paul's Heslington, St Lawrence Osbaldwick
Bootham All Saints, Pavement Holy Trinity, Goodramgate Holy Trinity, King’s Court Liberty of Mint Yard Minster Yard with Bedern St Andrews St Giles St Mary, Castlegate St Michael-le-Belfrey St Michael, Spurriergate St Peter-the- Little St Sampson St Wilfred St Olave’s Marygate
Marygate St Helen’s, Stonegate St John-de-Pike St Martin, Coney Street Clifton Earswick Huntington Towthorpe
Dunnington Dunnington Elvington
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Gate Helmsley Grimston Holtby Kexby Langwith Murton Scoreby and Stamford Bridge Upper Helmsley Warthill Stockton on the Forest
Escrick Deighton Escrick Naburn Stillingfleet with Moreby Thorganby with West Cottingwith Wheldrake
Flaxton Buttercrambe Claxton Flaxton upon the Moor Harton Lillings Ambo Sand Hutton Strensall
Skelton Beningborough Haxby Overton Rawcliffe Skelton Wigginton
The following parishes from the list above were located in the North Riding:
Beningborough Holtby Buttercrambe Huntington Claxton Lillings Ambo Clifton Murton Earswick St Olave’s Marygate Flaxton Osbaldwick Gate Helmsley Overton Harton Rawcliffe Haxby Sand Hutton Helmsley, Upper Skelton Heworth Stockton-on-the Forest
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Strensall Warthill (Freehold and Copyhold) Towthorpe Wiggington
The following parishes from the list above were located in the East Riding:
Deighton Kexby Dunnington Langwith Elvington Naburn Escrick Scoreby and Stamford Bridge Fulford, Water Stillingfleet with Moreby Fulford, Gate Thorganby with West Cottingwith Grimston Wheldrake St Paul’s, Heslington
The following parishes from the list above were located in the West Riding:
Acaster Malbis Holgate (although it may have been Angram considered part of York City for poor law Askham Richard purposes) Bishopthorpe Middlethorpe Copmanthorpe Poppleton, Upper Dringhouses
NOTE: Acomb was not part of the York Poor Law Union, but came under the Great Ouseburn Poor Law Union. Virtually no records of the Great Ouseburn Union survive apart from the following:
1) Board of Guardians minutes – held at the North Yorkshire County Record Office 2) Rating records relating to Acomb – see ref PLG in the York Explore catalogue (these records will be available from January 2019)
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