A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
| Status: | Out-Relief Union |
| Identifier: | OutRelief |
| Description: | Following the creation of the new geography of local government districts in 1894, these unions were created to administer outdoor relief in areas which were in a different Administrative County from the bulk of the union; each was associated with a particular conventional union. | Number of units in system: |
| Geographical Level: | 8 (Higher-level District) |
| ADL Feature Type: | countries, 3rd order divisions |
| Is a status within: | Poor Law Union/Reg. District |
This description comes from the History of the Workhouse web site: "Out-relief unions originated in 1873 as a result of a proposal by Local Government Inspector Andrew Doyle. He suggested that where parts of a union fell in different counties, the creation of an out-relief union within each county area could simplify the administration of out-relief and also allow different counties to adopt differing out-relief policies if they wished. The existing poor law union would still operate the workhouse for indoor relief across the whole union. Formal provision for out-relief unions came in section 58 of the 1888 Local Government Act and section 36(b) of the 1894 Local Government Act. Out-relief unions were formed on 28th December 1894 at Malton and Norton (bopth members of the Malton poor law union); Belvoir and Grantham (Grantham union); Bishopthorpe, Escrick, Flaxton and York (York union); and on 31st March 1895 at Keynsham and Warmley (Keynsham union)." (http://www.workhouses.org.uk/glossary, accessed 17 Sept 2017).