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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… officials of Elm from John Swaine of Stretham for use as a workhouse. It had long been let as a farm-house. 79 Lands in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the guild of St. John and was later the parish workhouse. 23 When Dr. Jobson, Vicar of Wisbech, reported in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the house itself was let to the overseers at 5 5 s. as a workhouse. The land was let at 31 10 s. a sum which was … the Norfolk side. In 1837 the former house was used as a workhouse for the-Norfolk side and the land was let for 10. … of the rent of the house then used as the 'Norfolk' workhouse and its 3 acres in Plaw Field, although the Isle …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… pound, as well as the remaining portion of the old parish workhouse, now consisting of two cottages vested in the Tydd St. Giles Charity Trustees. Part of the parish workhouse was destroyed by fire in the last century. PARISH … By this date a school had been established in the workhouse, where 30 to 35 children learned their catechism …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1720 the capital burgesses resolved to build a municipal workhouse on a 3-acre site between the Horse Fair and the … 2 guineas and the first year's production of hemp from the workhouse. In all, £2,000 was borrowed for the completion of … however, declined, and while the master of the Leverington workhouse was getting only 2 s. 9 d. a week for each of his …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… was given to 7 adults and 15 children. There was no workhouse. 69 In 1836 Wistow was placed in Billesdon Union. … adults and 44 children were given out-relief. There was no workhouse. 89 In 1836 Newton Harcourt was placed in Billesdon … and was called a 'house of industry', but it was never a workhouse in the proper sense. Some of the occupants were not …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 23 July 1910. For No. 45 Corn Street, used as a parish workhouse, above, local govt. (poor relief; town property). …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Union quarry near Tower Hill, opened for building Witney workhouse in 1835, 70 was later let to Bartletts', which …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with an imported workforce at the disused union workhouse just west of the town, made industrial collets for …