PUDSEY:
Transcription of PUDSEY OVERSEERS, 1743-1887
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Definition of Overseer taken from the Imperial Dictionary of 1850:
In England, the duties of overseers are, to provide for the poor
in every parish, to collect the poor-rate, to remove such persons as the parish is
not liable to support, and to do other acts incidental to the management of the poor,
under the directions of the poor-law commissioners, or their assistant commissioner,
or according to the provisions of any local act.
| Year | | Surname | | | Surname | | | Surname | | | Surname |
| 1743 | B | Gaunt | | Thos | Johnson | | Eli | Pearson | | Jo. | Elsworth. |
| 1765 | Richard | Hey | | Samuel | Ingliam | | | | | | |
| 1766 | Wm | Moss | | Win. | Darnbrook | | | | | | |
| 1767 | Wm | Whitley | | Jar. | Clifford | | | | | | |
| 1768 | Trist. | Moss | | J | Lobley | | | | | | |
| 1770 | John | Hollingworth. | | | | | | | | | |
| 1771 | Jno | Radcliffe | | Jon. | Balme | | | | | | |
| 1772 | Joseph | Lumby | | John | Atkinson | | | | | | |
| 1773 | James | Atkinson | | Wm. | Dean | | | | | | |
| 1774 | John | Farrar | | Joshua | Farrar | | | | | | |
| 1775 | Wm | Walker | | Ino. | Farrar | | | | | | |
| 1776 | Wm. | Farrer | | Matthew | Farrer | | | | | | |
| 1777 | Richd. | Farrer | | John | Radcliffe | | | | | | |
| 1778 | Saml. | Boys | | John | Beaumont | | | | | | |
| 1779 | Joshua | Hargreave | | Mathew | Hutchinson | | | | | | |
| 1780 | John | Lobley | | Wm | Banks | | | | | | |
| 1781 | Thos. | Pullan | | Benj | Roberts | | | | | | |
| 1782 | Wm | Dodgson | | Jerh. | Crowther | | | | | | |
| 1783 | Saml. | Farrer | | John | Lumby | | | | | | |
| 1784 | Win. | Lumby | | Matthew | Dufton | | | | | | |
| 1785 | Matthew | Dufton | | | | | | | | | |
| 1786 | John | Newsom | | John | Booth | | | | | | |
| 1787 | Joseph | Greave | | John | Cowper | | | | | | |
| 1788 | Richd. | Womersley | | Jos. | Crowther | | Jas. | Harper | | | |
| 1789 | Samuel | Johnson | | | | | | | | | |
| 1791 | James | Harrison | | Wm. | Grave | | | | | | |
| 1792 | Wm. | Cautherey | | Joseph | Dodgson | | | | | | |
| 1793 | Samuel | Hinchliffe | | James | Harper | | Denis | Rider | | | |
| 1794 | Wm | Mirfield | | | | | | | | | |
| 1795 | James | Barns | | | | | | | | | |
| 1797 | James | Hutchinson | | Wm. | Dean | | James | Harper | | | |
| 1798 | Richard | Farrer | | | | | | | | | |
| 1800 | Joseph | Cooper | | John | Lobley | | | | | | |
| 1801 | Richard | Farrer | | | | | | | | | |
| 1802 | Ben. | Dean | | John | Crampton | | | | | | |
| 1803 | Wm. | Ellwand | | Wm. | Dufton | | | | | | |
| 1804 | Jere. | Crowther | | Wm. | Cauthery | | | | | | |
| 1805 | Thos. | Rider | | Andrew | Wade | | | | | | |
| 1806 | Andrew | Wade | | | | | | | | | |
| 1807 | Andrew | Wade | | Joseph | Wilkinson | | | | | | |
| 1808 | Win. | Clark | | Benj | Seifferth | | Jos | Wilkinson | | | |
| 1809 | J | Drake | | Henry | Carr | | Andrew | Wade | | | |
| 1810 | Henry | Carr | | Mathew | Hainsworth | | | | | | |
| 1811 | John | Radcliffe | | Wm | Stowe | | | | | | |
| 1814 | Wm | Greaves | | Willm | Stowe | | | | | | |
| 1815 | Jonas | Holmes | | John | Cooper (jnr) | | Wm | Stow | | | |
| 1816 | John | Boys | | Samuel | Hinchliffe | | | | | | |
| 1817 | James | Hutchinson | | Robt | Parkinson | | | | | | |
| 1818 | Wm | Boyes | | James | Stead | | | | | | |
| 1819 | Benj | Gaunt | | John | Varley | | | | | | |
| 1820 | Benj | Brook | | Thomas | Brayshaw | | Jno | Hutchinson | | | |
| 1821 | Henry | Simons | | James | Blackburn | | J | Hutchinson | | | |
| 1822 | Wm | Musgrave | | James | Blackburn | | John | Hutchinson | | | |
| 1823 | John | Tordoff | | Wm | Farrer | | J | Hutchinson | | | |
| 1824 | Henry | Carr | | Peter | Winsor | | J | Hutchinson | | | |
| 1825 | Wm | Sharpe | | John | Banks | | J | Hutchinson | | | |
| 1826 | John | Farrer | | George | Scott | | | | | | |
| 1827 | William | Ellwand | | Jos | Wilkinson | | John | Farrer | | | |
| 1828 | John | Halliday | | George | Brooksbank | | John | Farrer | | | |
| 1829 | Peter | Hyland | | Benj | Braithwaite | | John | Farrer | | | |
| 1830 | Samuel | Crowther | | John | Farrer (Lowtown) | | John | Farrer | | | |
| 1831 | Joshua | Armitage | | Samuel | Lobley | | John | Farrer | | | |
| 1832 | William | Beaumont | | Edward | Greenwood | | John | Farrer | | | |
| 1833 | Joseph | Cautherey | | Abraham | Hutchinson | | | | | | |
| 1834 | William | Walton | | Benj | Troughton | | | | | | |
| 1835 | John | Crowther | | Willm | Lister | | | | | | |
| 1836 | John | Crampton | | John | Hinchliffe (snr) | | | | | | |
| 1837 | Samuel | Sharp | | George | Glover (snr) | | | | | | |
| 1838 | William | Denison | | John | Farrer | | | | | | |
| 1839 | George | Beaumont | | John | Dawson | | Abraham | Hutchinson | | | |
| 1840 | John | Farrer | | Richard | Ellwand | | Abraham | Hutchinson | | | |
| 1841 | John | Farrer (Lowtown) | | Wm | Boys(Tyersal) | | Abraham | Hutchinson | | | |
| 1842 | Samuel | Field | | Isaac | Boocock | | Abraham | Hutchinson | | | |
| 1843 | Samuel | Sharp | | William | Hutchinson | | Abraham | Hutchinson | | | |
| 1844 | Wm | Huggan | | Samuel | Lobley | | Richard | Sutcliffe | | John | Newell |
| 1845 | Joshua | Harrison | | Wm | Huggan | | Richard | Sutcliffe | | John | Newell |
| 1846 | Richard | Womersley (Marsh) | | Joshua | Harrison | | Richard | Sutcliffe | | John | Newell |
| 1847 | Richard | Womersley | | Joshua | Harrison | | | | | | |
| 1848 | Richard | Womersley | | William | Procter | | | | | | |
| 1849 | Richard | Womersley | | William | Jefferson | | Jos | Newell | | | |
| 1850 | Benj | Wade | | James | Beaumont | | Jos | Newell | | | |
| 1851 | John | Farrer (Grove House) | | Samuel | Varley | | | | | | |
| 1852 | John | Farrer | | Samuel | Varley | | | | | | |
| 1853 | Thompson | Farrer | | Samuel | Gaunt Gamble | | | | | | |
| 1854 | Thompson | Farrer | | Samuel | Gaunt Gamble | | | | | | |
| 1855 | Samuel | Sykes | | Benj | Troughton | | | | | | |
| 1856 | Samuel | Sykes | | Benj | Troughton | | | | | | |
| 1857 | Samuel | Sykes | | Benj | Troughton | | | | | | |
| 1858 | Benj | Troughton | | Joseph | Banks | | | | | | |
| 1589 | James | Banks | | Wm | Shepherd | | | | | | |
| 1860 | James | Beaumont | | William | Haste | | | | | | |
| 1861 | William | Huggan | | Goe | Hainsworth | | | | | | |
| 1862 | William | Huggan | | George | Hainsworth | | | | | | |
| 1863 | William | Huggan | | George | Hainsworth | | | | | | |
| 1864 | William | Huggan | | George | Hainsworth | | James | Beaumont | | | |
| 1865 | William | Huggan | | Goerge | Hainsworth | | James | Beaumont | | | |
| 1866 | William | Huggan | | George | Hainsworth | | James | Beaumont | | | |
| 1867 | William | Huggan | | George | Hainsworth | | James | Beaumont | | | |
| 1868 | William | Huggan | | George | Hainsworth | | James | Beaumont | | | |
| 1869 | William | Huggan | | Richard | Womersley | | Emanuel | Boocock | | | |
| 1870 | Richard | Womersley | | Emanuel | Boocock | | Wm | Dibb Scales | | | |
| 1871 | Emanuel | Boocock | | Thomas | Goodhall | | Jos | Blackburn | | | |
| 1872 | Emanuel | Boocock | | Thomas | Goodhall | | Jos | Blackburn | | | |
| 1873 | Emanuel | Boocock | | Jos | Blackburn | | Samuel A | Merritt | | | |
| 1874 | Emanuel | Boocock | | Jos | Blackburn | | Samuel A | Merritt | | | |
| 1875 | Emanuel | Boocock | | Jos | Blackburn | | Samuel A | Merritt | | | |
| 1876 | Emanuel | Boocock | | Jos | Blackburn | | Samuel A | Merritt | | | |
| 1879 | Emanuel | Boocock | | Jos | Blackburn | | William | Huggan | | | |
| 1880 | Emanuel | Boocock | | Jos | Blackburn | | William | Huggan | | | |
| 1881 | Emanuel | Boocock | | William | Huggan | | Jos | Hyland | | | |
| 1882 | Emanuel | Boocock | | William | Huggan | | Jos | Hyland | | | |
| 1883 | Emanuel | Boocock | | William | Huggan | | Samuel | Armitage | | | |
| 1884 | Emanuel | Boocock | | William | Huggan | | Samuel | Armitage | | | |
| 1885 | Emanuel | Boocock | | William | Huggan | | | | | | |
| 1886 | William | Huggan | | Samuel | Armitage | | John A | Hinings | | | |
| 1887 | William | Huggan | | Samuel | Armitage | | John A | Hinings | | | |
Transcibed from
"The History and Antiquities of Pudsey"
written by Simeon Rayner, published 1887 by Longmans, Green and Co.
Transcribed by
the late David Simpson ©2000
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