Poverty, Prisons, Death and Disease (PPDD) in 1840s York

It follows two earlier related events:

Saturday 9th March: a walk around York - see 1840swalk.eventbrite.com

Tuesday 12th March: "York 1844 and All That" - see York1844.eventbrite.com

On April 16th we expect to cover themes such as the following and others relating to Poverty, Prisons, Death and Disease (PPDD) in 1840s York.

• The Separate System and Mental Health in York Castle Gaol
• Judges in Town: York Assizes in the mid-1840s
• Chartist leader Fergus O’Connor and his 18-month imprisonment for libel at York Castle Gaol
• The 'New' York Prison
• Prison Food
• Mental Health
• Bilton Street School: poverty and church in 1840s Layerthorpe
• York Cemetery
• 1840s memorials from around York
• The Workhouse
• Laycock's 1844 report on Cholera in York
• Laycock and Rowntree: "Health of Towns"
• Churches and Chapels
• In Print and in Prison: Radicals in York
• Other speakers from 12th March: York1844.eventbrite.com

Offers of talks from other speakers are invited.

Contact: jb43@york.ac.uk or 01904-330334

Registration required via Eventbrite.