Ripon Union Workhouse, William Perkin, and Elisha Backhouse green plaque
Overview
Ripon Union Workhouse, William Perkin, and Elisha Backhouse green plaque is recorded as Commemorative plaque in England North Yorkshire. This green commemorative plaque records: Ripon Union Workhouse These impressive buildings were home to the poor and destitute of the city and surrounding parishes before the Welfare State. Replacing an earlier poor house, construction began in 1854 to the designs of Perkin and Backhouse of Leeds.
Why it was made
The saved account records: This green commemorative plaque records: Ripon Union Workhouse These impressive buildings were home to the poor and destitute of the city and surrounding parishes before the Welfare State.
People and events
The saved account records: Replacing an earlier poor house, construction began in 1854 to the designs of Perkin and Backhouse of Leeds.
How it worked
The saved account records: Male and female paupers were separately housed within the main block.
What remains
The saved account records: From the 1870s vagrants were accommodated in the gatehouse wings.
Why it mattered
Ripon Union Workhouse, William Perkin, and Elisha Backhouse green plaque matters because its inscription ties a person, group, event or old local practice to this exact place. The source records: Ripon Union Workhouse These impressive buildings were home to the poor and destitute of the city and surrounding parishes before the Welfare State. Replacing an earlier poor house, construction began in 1854 to the designs of Perkin and Backhouse of Leeds. Male and female paupers were separately housed within the main block. From the 1870s vagrants were accommodated in the gatehouse wings. The importance lies in the life remembered here, not in the plaque as a piece of metal.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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