Education

Lessons from our past at the Yorkshire Law and Order Museums

Publications

A range of books, booklets and fact sheets are available for purchase from the Ripon Workhouse Musem shop or can be ordered directly from the Ripon Museum Trust using the contact details provided below.

Ripon Museum Trust Books

  1. Ripon Liberty: Law and Order over the Last 300 Years - Anthony Chadwick pub. 1986 (60 pages)

This excellent and informative book is available at only £2.00 per copy. plus postage and packing.

Ripon Museum Trust Booklets

The Court House Series: -

A series of booklets published by Ripon Museum Trust covering various aspects of the history of the Court House.

  1. The Court and the Work of the Magistrates - Anthony Chadwick pub. 2004 (8 pages)
  2. Punishment, the Gaol and the House of Correction - Anthony Chadwick pub. 2004 (8 pages)
  3. The Court, the Poor Law and the Workhouse - Anthony Chadwick pub. 2004 (8 pages)
  4. Transportation the Case of the Sinkler Brothers - John Whitehead pub. 2004 (12 pages)
  5. Policing at Ripon - John Whitehead pub. 2004 (8 pages)

These booklets are available at £1.00 per title, plus postage and packing.

Life in the Workhouse Series: -

A series of small booklets published by Ripon Museum Trust covering various aspects of the history and conditions of the Union Workhouses.

  1. Yorkshire Workhouses - Anthony Chadwick pub. 2003 (16 pages)
  2. Children - Beryl Thompson pub. 2003 (12 pages)
  3. Vagrants - Beryl Thompson pub. 2003 (16 pages)
  4. Old People - Beryl Thompson pub. 2003 (8 pages)
  5. Health and Sickness - Beryl Thompson pub. 2003 (8 pages)
  6. Food - Beryl Thompson pub. 2003 (20 pages)
  7. From Workhouse to Welfare State - Anthony Chadwick pub. 2003 (12 pages)

These booklets are available at £1.00 per title, plus postage and packing.

Ripon Museum Trust Fact Sheets

Yorkshire Poor Law Series: -

A series of fact sheets published by Ripon Museum Trust covering the history and development of the Yorkshire workhouses

  1. Bainbridge and Leyburn Workhouses
  2. Barnsley and Rotherham Workhouses
  3. Bedale Workhouse
  4. Beverley Workhouse
  5. Bradford Workhouse
  6. Bridlington and Driffield Workhouses
  7. Dewsbury Workhouse
  8. Doncaster Workhouse
  9. Easingwold Workhouse
  10. Great Ouseburn Workhouse
  11. Guisborough Workhouse
  12. Halifax Workhouse
  13. Helmsley and Kirbymoorside Workhouses
  14. Memsworth and Pontefract Workhouses
  15. Huddersfield Workhouse
  16. Knaresborough and Harrogate Workhouses
  17. Leeds Workhouse
  18. Malton Workhouse
  19. Middlesborough Workhouse
  20. Northallerton Workhouse
  21. Pateley Bridge Workhouse
  22. Patrinton and Skirlaugh Workhouses
  23. Pickering Workhouse
  24. Pocklington and Howden Workhouses
  25. Richmond and Reeth Workhouses
  26. Ripon Workhouse
  27. Saddleworth and Penistone Workhouses
  28. Scarborough Workhouse
  29. Selby and Goole Workhouses
  30. Settle and Sedburgh Workhouse
  31. Sheffield Workhouses
  32. Skipton and Keighley Workhouses
  33. Stokesley Workhouse
  34. Tadcaster Workhouse
  35. Thirsk Workhouse
  36. Todmorden Workhouse
  37. Wakefield Workhouse
  38. Wetherby Workhouse
  39. Wharfedale (Otley) Workhouse
  40. Whitby Workhouse
  41. York Workhouse

These fact sheets are available at £0.50 each, plus postage and packing.

To order any of these publications from the Trust please contact: -

The Museums Manager, Ripon Museum Trust, The Workhouse Museum, Sharow View, Allhallowgate, Ripon HG4 1LE.

Telephone 01765 690799 or e-mail: info@riponmuseums.co.uk.

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