Newby Hall: employment records
The following source list was originally available only on paper in one of the West Yorkshire Archive Service offices. It may have been compiled many years ago and could be out of date. It was designed to act as a signpost to records of interest on a particular historical subject, but may relate only to one West Yorkshire district, or be an incomplete list of sources available.
| Description | Date | WYAS Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Accounts of wages paid to day labourers in the gardens and plantations at Newby Park | 1792-1793 | WYL5013/2215 |
| Accounts of wages paid to day labourers in the gardens and plantations at Newby Park; also of repairs at Newby and some household accounts of Newby Hall | 1793-1794 | WYL5013/2216 |
| Accounts of wages paid to day labourers in the gardens and plantations at Newby Park | 1793-1794 | WYL5013/2217 |
| Account of men’s time at Newby, for Lord Grantham (description of work) | 1808-1809 | WYL5013/2227 |
| Accounts of men’s time at Newby, for Lord Grantham (description of work) | c.1810 | WYL5013/2228 |
| Volumes relating to Newby Hall Gardens inc Garden account book – payment for labour and sundries | 1814-1828 | WYL5013/addnl 148 |
| Labour and sundries account book | 1854-1857 | WYL5013/addnl 294 |
| Accounts book receipts and wages | Sep 1861-Jan 1868 | WYL5013/addnl 44 |
| Garden account book (wages, sales of fruit and garden produce etc.) | 1868-1888 | WYL5013/addnl 29 |
| Labour book | 1875-1879 | WYL5013/addnl 228 |
| Estate account book with summaries of horse-hire, wages etc | 1877-1879 | WYL5013/addnl 40 |
| Rough account book – receipts and wages | Nov 1877-Aug 1887 | WYL5013/addnl 43 |
| Estate account book with monthly summaries of horse-hire, wages etc | 1878 | WYL5013/addnl 42 |
| Labour book
Labour books Labour sheets Labour sheets |
1882
1885-1886 1887 1911-1917 |
WYL5013/addnl 342 |
| Gardens wages books | 1889-1896, 1897-1905 | WYL5013/addnl 345 |
| Details of horse exercise and work done by stable staff | Dec 1892-Mar 1896 | WYL5013/addnl 75 |
| Fairfield wages | 1895-1915 | WYL5013/addnl 91 |
| Newby Hall servant’s accounts | 1896-1897 | WYL5013/addnl 89 |
| Time sheets | 1897, 1917-1919, 1932-1934, 1952-1953 | WYL5013/addnl 343 |
| Unidentified account book, wages and expenses | 1897-1901 | WYL5013/addnl 51 |
| Wages sheets (labourers and mechanics) | 1898-1904 | WYL5013/addnl 344 |
| Wage sheets for labourers, mechanics and woodmen | 1901-1911 | WYL5013/addnl 267 |
| Weekly wage book includes misc. bills and notes | Aug 1904-Feb 1907 | WYL5013/addnl 35 |
| Weekly wage book (Stud farm?) includes misc. bills and notes | Mar 1905-Oct 1907 | WYL5013/addnl 36 |
| Wages sheets
Wages sheets Wages sheets Pension receipts Estate wages books (2 vols) Insurance contributions book Domestic Wages sheets and books Domestic Wages sheets and books |
1908-1916
1941-1943 1950 1914-1915 1916-1922 1917 1917-1918 1946-1950 |
WYL5013/addnl 345 |
| Newby estate wages books giving details of work done (21 volumes) | 1908-1932 | WYL5013/addnl 68 |
| Weekly wage book (gardeners?) with some details of work done | 1909-1913 | WYL5013/addnl 53 |
| Wages and petty cash account books | 1909-1916 | WYL5013/addnl 3 |
| Account book for stable wages and requisites with misc. bills and papers | 1913-1915 | WYL5013/addnl 9 |
| Account book for stable wages and requisites with misc. bills and papers including and stable inventory | 1914-1915 | WYL5013/addnl 8 |
| Draft wages book of estate workers | 1916-1919 | WYL5013/addnl 12 |
| Record of National Insurance payments | 1917-1921 | WYL5013/addnl 313 |
| Labour sheets | 1921-1922 | WYL5013/addnl 202 |
| Labour book, Gautby (Yorks.) | 1921-1923 | WYL5013/addnl 288 |
| Wage books | 1922-1930, 1939-1947, 1947-1956 | WYL5013/addnl 346 |
| Labour sheets | 1923-1924 | WYL5013/addnl 241 |
| Labour book, Gautby (Yorks.) | 1923-1924 | WYL5013/addnl 287 |
| Time sheets | 1923-1924 | WYL5013/addnl 205 |
| Labour sheets | 1924-1925 | WYL5013/addnl 198 |
| Wage sheets | 1929-1930 | WYL5013/addnl 219 |
| Wage sheets | 1930-1931 | WYL5013/addnl 240 |
| Labour book | 1930-1931 | WYL5013/addnl 175 (pt) |
| Labour book | 1932-1933 | WYL5013/addnl 289 |
| Labour and wages book | 1933 | WYL5013/addnl 299 |
| Labour and wages book | 1934 | WYL5013/addnl 300 |
| Labour and wages book | 1934-1935 | WYL5013/addnl 301 |
| Labour books | 1935-1938 | WYL5013/addnl 175 (pt) |
| Labour books | 1938-1943 | WYL5013/addnl 321 |
| Labour sheets | 1940-1941 | WYL5013/addnl 199 |
| Labour sheets | 1941-1942 | WYL5013/addnl 212 |
| Labour sheets | 1942-1943 | WYL5013/addnl 195 |
| Time sheets | 1942-1943 | WYL5013/addnl 197 |
| Labour books | 1944-1950 | WYL5013/addnl 322 |
| Labour sheets | 1945-1946 | WYL5013/addnl 194 |
| Labour sheets | 1947-1948 | WYL5013/addnl 200 |
| Labour books | 1948-1951, 1959-1961 | WYL5013/addnl 323 |
| Wages sheets | 1949-1950 | WYL5013/addnl 196 |
| Wage book | 1956-1961 | WYL5013/addnl 295 |
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