Local Government
There were 8 manors in the parish of Bubwith, and the history of these manors has already been dealt with in the Manors and Estates subsection of the History section of the Menu. The records of the Manors are discussed in the separate Manorial Records section of the Menu.
Bubwith joined the Howden Poor Law Union upon its creation in 1837, and the workhouse was constructed in 1839. The Howden Poor Law Union records are held at the East Riding of Yorkshire Archives, under reference PUH. Researches who fail to find a Bubwith resident in the censuses may need to check the censuses for the Howden Workhouse, in case they appear there. For example, the following Bubwith parishioners were in the Howden Workhouse in 1871 and 1891:
1871 Census, Howden Union Workhouse
Joseph Spring, Pauper Inmate, Unm, 9, Scholar, Yorks, Bubwith
William Daltry, Pauper Inmate, Unm, 64, Agr. Lab, Yorks Breighton
Henry Rushforth, Pauper Inmate, Unm, 9, Scholar, Yorks, Harlthorpe
James Rushforth, Pauper Inmate, Unm, 7, Scholar, Yorks, Harlthorpe
1891 Census, Howden Union Workhouse
Edith Yellah, Pauper Inmate, S, 14, Scholar, Yorks, Breighton
George Cass, Pauper Inmate, S, 66, Tailor's Assistant, Yorks, Spaldington
Ada Temple, Pauper Inmate, S, 18, Domestic Servant, Yorks, Spaldington
Sarah A. Temple, Pauper Inmate, S, 1, Yorks, Spaldington
Under the Local Government Act of 1888, which came into operation on the 1st April, 1889, Bubwith became one of the 47 Electoral Divisions of the East Riding of Yorkshire, returning one councillor to the County Council, which met in Beverley.