The first mention of this for York was during the decade of the 1730s "Elizabeth Brooks was warned out of town Sept. 27, 1736." York in American History: The men who built the Nubble and Boone ...

York's unique workhouse and poor law records will be opened up to the public next April. But you can get a taster of what is to come in a small exhibition which has just opened at Explore York ...

Talk about rags to riches... Just over 120 years ago a little girl, Elsie Pallister, was born to an unmarried mother in the York Union Workhouse. Today, that little girl’s granddaughter is York ...

Comedians Featured at the Workhouse on New Year’s Eve Includes Bishop Ireton alumna Kat Radley, who is now a writer on the Daily Show in New York City. Comedy at the Workhouse on New Year's Eve.