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Category Archives: Workhouses

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Nantwich Workhouse

Jun 3, 2019Eric CorbettWorkhouses

Grade II listed building and former workhouse in Nantwich, Cheshire, England, built in 1779–1780 to accommodate up to 350 paupers.

Scottish poorhouse

Jul 12, 2018Georgie DarcyWorkhouses

Scottish institution, occasionally referred to as a workhouse, provided accommodation for the destitute and poor.

Workhouse

Jul 9, 2018Daisy GraceWorkhouses

Establishment where the destitute in England and Wales received board and lodging in return for work.

Town’s Hospital

Jun 23, 2018Eric CorbettWorkhouses

The Town’s Hospital was a poorhouse in Glasgow, Scotland, founded in 1731. It occupied a site at the Old Green on Great Clyde Street, at the junction of present-day Ropework Lane.

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