Search
A History of the County of York East Riding
… Until 1820 there was one overseer and thereafter two. Two poorhouses were built in 1816 and two more in 1821. … joined York poor-law union in 1837. 65 In 1850 two rows of poorhouses still stood in the south of Dunnington village and …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 12
… in one way or another on the parish. A plan to build new poorhouses was abandoned in 1753 because of the cost and the …
A History of the County of Chester
… maintained by their own parishes, some of which founded poorhouses, including St. John's c. 1730 and St. Oswald's by …