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

Poverty, Prisons, Death and Disease (PPDD) were features of everyday life in York throughout the 19th century – and still often are. This half-day event will be of interest to specialists and non-specialists alike.

Planned presentations include the following:

• Researching lives of the poor: the case of Eliza Seymour, 1841-1864 (Elaine Bradshaw, Clements Hall History Group)
• Petitioning for Mercy in Mid-Nineteenth Century Yorkshire (Dick Hunter, Clements Hall History Group)
• Life Inside: York Castle Gaol in the 1840s (Catherine Oakley, York Castle Museum)
• In Print and In Prison (Charlotte Crawshaw/Adam Snith, York St John University)
• Chartism in York (Nick Bosanquet)
• Landscape and design at York Cemetery (f.1838) (Seb Sanyal)
• Public Health in York, and Three (?) Thomas Laycocks
• Robinson and Andrews – the architects and architecture of York’s new Prison