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WORKHOUSES web site...really useful INCLUDES Scotl
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Ann | Report | 8 Nov 2006 20:53 |
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http://www.workhouses.org.uk I just found this today + found one of my husbands rellies! Its very interesting, full of facts about workhouses etc. Ann |
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Jae | Report | 8 Nov 2006 21:16 |
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What a great site Ann, thank you! I am sure there are plenty others that will find this usefull too. Jane x |
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Lancsliz | Report | 9 Nov 2006 11:45 |
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Many thanks.. Liz |
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moe | Report | 10 Nov 2006 20:28 |
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another site to try is http;//www.old-merseytimes(.)co(.)uk remove brackets ( ) click on history and read an eyewitness account of the fever sheds it will make you cry if your rellies were ever in the workhouse....moe |
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Suzanne | Report | 10 Nov 2006 20:28 |
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ann,how did you find rellies names on that site?ive looked at the site myself and couldnt find any names(toxteth park workhouse lpool,only some employees names, how do you find inmates?xx |
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Jae | Report | 10 Nov 2006 21:12 |
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Just had a quick look at Toxteth Park and when I clicked on inmates it said 'to be added'. When I clicked on inmates for my area a whole list of names and details came up. Jane |
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Miriam | Report | 10 Nov 2006 21:15 |
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I agree - the workhouses site is fab!! I found my ggg grandfather in the Bolton workhouse and followed up the info in my local library with the official registers of the time - heartbreaking stuff!! I've also found it useful as a way of pointing you to further info. My gg grandmother was also in the workhouse - Prescott Union (became Whiston Hospital) (different side of the family) and was never talked about as it was considered such a disgrace. Via the workhouses site I emailed the Knowsley library for further info and received a lovely email back providing me with details of my gg grandmother's history and also telling me she had been in another workhouse prior to her death. Reading the records you get a vivid picture of how hard life was for our ancestors. It really makes you realise how lucky we are. Best of luck to everyone in their researches Maria |
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Suzanne | Report | 10 Nov 2006 21:22 |
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thanks jane,thats why i couldnt find my rellies.xxx |
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Jae | Report | 10 Nov 2006 21:34 |
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Hi Suzanne At least it says 'to be added', keep checking cos it really is a great site! Jane x |
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K | Report | 13 Nov 2006 12:23 |
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nudge K |
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Barn | Report | 13 Nov 2006 18:57 |
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nudge |
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MaggyfromWestYorkshire | Report | 13 Nov 2006 22:54 |
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Another one for you www*judandk*force9*co*uk/workhouse*html Found Pontefract workhouse on there, where my great grandmother died. |
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MaggyfromWestYorkshire | Report | 14 Nov 2006 00:09 |
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nudge |
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Carter | Report | 16 Nov 2006 14:46 |
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nudge for me to read later thanks linda x |
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Just Jo | Report | 19 Nov 2006 00:45 |
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Susanne & Jane, Your mentions of Toxteth Park Workhouse caught my eye. Mr husband's gt.grandfather was assistant master there in 1871. 19 other members of staff are mentioned on the same census page - Detail: Class: RG10; Piece: 3806; Folio: 118; Page: 1; GSU roll: 841907. Jo |
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♥Betty Boo from Dundee♥ | Report | 20 Nov 2006 20:13 |
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Hi Ann, Thanks for the workhouse web address, will give it a try for my Scottish rellies. Betty |
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Sheila from Canada | Report | 22 Nov 2006 01:26 |
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Nudge for later. Thanks |
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K | Report | 26 Nov 2006 15:31 |
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nugde K |
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Diane | Report | 26 Nov 2006 15:46 |
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nudge |
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Marie | Report | 30 Nov 2006 11:06 |
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In Liskeard museum they have something about Lamellion workhouses and the standard of care there seemed well above the norm. The rules on bathing were fasinating.eg, water must be of a certain temperature, frail people were to be handled with care and could have as many as two baths a week if desired and a fresh towel used for every patient etc etc. I should think the conditions were perhaps better than some had in their own homes. Seeing that really cheered me. (Not that I have yet found any of mine in a workhouse so far). M |
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