York Poor Law Union Apprentices 1845-1929
(From: ExploreYork Libraries & Archives. Register of apprenticeships 1845-1929. PLU/6/1/1)
The register starts on 12 Jan 1845, and lists children indentured to trades by the Board of Guardians. Apprentices are all male, aged around 11-16, and are generally apprenticed for six or seven years, for which the most common payments are £10 fees plus two suits of clothes.
York Poor Law Union boys were apprenticed to a wide range of trades
No. of apprentices |
Trade |
Comments |
71 |
Shoemakers, cordwainers and bootmakers |
|
68 |
Tailors |
Most tailors got fees of £10, but one received £15. A few were paid only £5 but the apprenticeship period was shorter |
39 |
Blacksmiths |
|
17 |
Joiners, cabinet makers, wheelwrights |
|
12 |
Cotton spinners, weavers (from 1860 on) |
The boys were sent to James Hoyle, Acre Mill, Hebden Bridge (later notorious for its working conditions). No fee was paid, only 2 suits of clothing |
9 |
Tinners, braziers |
|
9 |
Painters |
|
8 |
Hairdressers, barbers |
|
5 |
Saddlers |
|
5 |
Bricklayers |
|
4 |
Rope makers |
|
3 |
Gardeners, market gardeners |
|
3 |
Butchers |
|
2 |
Plumbers, glaziers, gas fitters |
|
2 |
Bookbinders |
|
3 |
Millers |
|
2 |
Farmers |
Apprenticed for 3 years only1 was paid £4, the other had £4 worth of clothes |
2 |
Grocers, provisions dealers |
|
Plus one each of the following: Brickmaker, Clock & watchmaker, Confectioner, Draper, French polisher, Implement maker, Lithographer (£15 fee), Mattress maker, Plasterer, Printer, Solicitor, Whipmaker, Whitesmith.
There are no railway workers.
These are the boys who came from parishes in or near St Mary Bishophill Junior, 1845-1886:
