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A History of the County of Essex
… town house and parish house, perhaps both names for the workhouse. In 1776 the workhouse master was paid 20 s. a week for 13 inmates from … fees, except for smallpox and fractures. Numbers in the workhouse ranged from 13 to 19 between 1789 and 1798, from 18 …
A History of the County of York
… day. 8 In Elizabeth I's reign preaching was required as a test of the orthodoxy of the canons, several of whom were …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in 1670 by building a house and barn on it. The parish workhouse was built on the site c. 1801 but the rent of £4 10 … was £35 a year, from the four cottages 93 to which the old workhouse had been converted. 94 By her will of 1675 Margaret …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… it was disused and items from it were given to Wellington workhouse. The building was sold c. 1932 and later converted …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… apparently resumed direct responsibility for the poor, a workhouse was rented. Expenditure that year totalled £194 1 … poor were farmed for £50, to John Hollis. About 1801 a new workhouse had been erected 1 km. west of Wrockwardine on land … spent on the poor, mostly as out-relief. 42 In 1814 the workhouse, then under a salaried keeper, comprised a kitchen, …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 316 inhabitants. In this township is situated the workhouse of the West ward union. The ancient Hall, a … There is a place of worship for Independents; and the workhouse of the Potters-Pury union is situated here. … round. There is a place of worship for Independents. A workhouse and school were established under the wills of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… The parish agreed in 1746 to buy a building for use as a workhouse; 30 it presumably occupied the same site as the 19th-century workhouse near the Black Dog inn. 31 Other paupers were … by the vestry to emigrate to New York and Canada. 36 The workhouse ceased to be used by 1839 37 and was later let as …