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A History of the County of York
… habit-makers 42 37 Woollen drapers 26 25 a E. Baines, Dir. Co. York, ii (1823),; W. Parson & W. White, Dir. Leeds, York, … in the approaches to the bridge on both sides. 24 A new Friends' Meeting House was built in 1818 and various other denominations built new, or rebuilt old, chapels. 25 Churches were altered 26 and …
A History of the County of York
… decided to concentrate more carriage construction in York. New works were therefore built in 1880-1 in Holgate, with … the lowest point. By 1850, 528 vessels were coming up the river yearly 'due to the recent alterations made by the York … The second firm is that of Messrs. Joseph Terry & Co., which had been founded in the 18th century. 64 By 1840–1 …
A History of the County of York
… of the Peace and the charities handed over to a new body of trustees. The appointment of pasture-masters and … until 1908. This extension of functions ensured that the new corporation like the old was much concerned with finance. … of the sewage of the city or its diversion from the river', the corporation increased the urban sanitary rate to …
A History of the County of York
… it mitigated poverty and misfortune by the action of its co-operative society, the trade unions, and the friendly … 33 per cent. between 1901 and 1938, membership of the York Co-operative Society rose from 7,250 in 1900 to 22,820 in …
A History of the County of York
… saw it as 'a most satisfactory commencement of the new municipal system'. 20 Within less than two years, … he was one of the two tory aldermen elected on the new corporation in 1836; and in 1837, when he was lord mayor, …
A History of the County of York
… of party considerations'. 73 This then was the new shape of local government in York, with the liberals … end of liberal control coincided with the emergence of a new party, represented by James Desmond O'Connor of Walmgate … in 1894, only a year after the party's formation, and the co-operative movement which, in 1899 'decided to obtain …
A History of the County of York
… was larger than the municipal borough but in 1885 was made co-extensive with it. Thirdly, from 1891, a return was made … 4 Net Migration in York, 1911–51 'Old' county borough 'New' county borough Natural increase Net migration + or- … Population Increase Population Actual increase 'Old' C.B. 'New' C.B. 1911 82,282 4,368 8,970 -4,612 1921 84,039 1,757 …
A History of the County of York
… inadequate, there were still open drains, falling into the river, into which the slaughterhouses, dungheaps and pigsties … and passages. Here, then, were closely knit colonies of new-comers to York, alien in speech and religion and … the poor rates which finally brought the building of the new workhouse. 77 For the city as a whole, and especially for …
A History of the County of York
… Two churches were built in this period in the new suburbs. St. Paul's (1851) served the railway workers of … active in parts of the diocese where there were great new industrial communities. 77 In other respects the Church … as one of the impediments to their work. In the two new churches in Holgate and The Groves and in the newly built …
A History of the County of York
… set about the improvement of its property, providing a new stage, apparatus for warming the house, and a new façade. 12 Yet these improvements brought little change … Guide (priv. print. York, 1843), 156; see also Hargrove's New Guide to York (1838), 134. J. Fairfax-Blakeborough, …