| Description | Includes Board of Guardians minutes 1836-1930, various committee minutes 1910-1930, records relating to property 1839-1920 with workhouse plans and specifications c.1839-1900, letter books 1836-1930, Clerk's correspondence 1870-1918, Clerk's miscellaneous records 1868-1929 with regulations relating to the bathing of adults and children 1914, financial statements 1873-1892, general ledgers 1837-1930, parochial ledgers 1858-1913, treasurer's accounts 1929-1930 with related records 1916-1922, register of births 1866-1913, register of deaths 1866-1914, settlement and removal papers 1883-1915, maintenance orders and agreements 1877-1914, workhouse relief lists 1917-1922, institutional cases 1916-1922, outdoor relief records 1906-1922, non-settled poor ledgers 1850-1912, case reports on non-resident paupers 1912-1916, reports on non-resident paupers and boarded out children 1901-1908, valuation lists 1863-1927, rate books 1876, 1914-1917, notices relating to public vaccination 1918-1922, assessment committee minutes 1875-1897, school attendance committee rough minutes 1877-1903, revision lists of boarded out children 1917-1918, various committee cards 1915-1922, highway districts stock and stores account books 1896-1900. |
| AdminHistory | The Driffield Poor Law Union was created in 1836, its workhouse was constructed in 1838. The Board of Guardians was superceded in 1930 by the Driffield Guardians Committee.
The Driffield Poor Law Union included the following: Bainton, Beeford, Bracken, Brigham, Butterwick, Cottam, Cowlam, Eastburn, Elmswell with Kellythorpe, Fimber, Foston on the Wolds, Foxholes with Boythorpe, Garton on the Wolds, Gembling, Great Driffield, Great Kelk, Harpham, Helperthorpe, Hutton Cranswick, Kilham, Kirkburn, Langtoft, Little Driffield, Little Kelk, Lowthorpe, Luttons Ambo, Middleton, Nafferton, Neswick, North Dalton, North Frodingham, Rotsea, Ruston Parva, Skerne, Sledmere with Croom, Southburn, Sunderlandwick, Tibthorpe, Towthorpe, Wansford, Watton, Weaverthorpe and Wetwang. (Source: Post Office Directory, 1879). |