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Survey of London
… in 18701. It replaced their hall and offices in the Poplar workhouse in the High Street, which the Guardians of the Poor …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… and St. Nicholas, which in 1726-7 united to provide a workhouse in Minster Moorgate. 12 During the later 18th … of caring for the poor (see Table 11); one wing of the workhouse was taken over by St. Mary's and St. Nicholas's … the parishes relieved 157 paupers, of whom 36 were in the workhouse. By 1833-4 the number relieved had risen to over …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Here were barracks, which have been converted into the workhouse for the union, which comprises 26 parishes and …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… may mark the site. 33 PARISH ADMINISTRATION. There was a workhouse at Billesdon before 1776, when 249 was raised as … Out of 36 adults receiving poor relief only 8 were in the workhouse, and 28 children were also given out-relief. 35 In … poor-law union comprising 36 parishes. 36 The first union workhouse was at Glen Magna, but in 1846 a large new …
A History of the County of Essex
… in School Hill, known as Church Cottages, was built as the workhouse and had two large rooms flanked by two small ones …
A History of the County of Essex
… and unemployment were fre- quently recorded. 44 In 1758 a workhouse was built on land near Great Birch church leased from William Round. In 1838 C. G. Round sold the workhouse to Lexden and Winstree poor law union. 45 The …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Stanley for clothing 5 windows not maintained in the workhouse. 67 It was bringing in a rental of £6 2 s. in 1785 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1726 the parish hired a house called Joiners for use as a workhouse. In the 1730s and 1740s the workhouse housed 30-60 paupers. In the year 1728- 9 the … in 1828 when the increase in paupers was overcrowding the workhouse and parish houses the officers bought two cottages …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1770s and 1780s by poor widows or others. 108 A separate workhouse with accommodation for 30, rented from a Christ … used for storing fuel and for inmates to work in. The workhouse had closed by 18023 when 26 was spent on outwork, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… in the Dictionary Archive among other DYSTUFF in a dyer's workhouse where it was valued at 4d the LB [Inventories …