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PLYMOUTH WORKHOUSE

... PLYMOUTH WORKHOUSE. Bir,—l kave read with much interat the able srtice in today's “ Meroury dealing with our workbouse & commadation. IMMWQ&“&G-‘ great scheme will influence cur Guandians to be cblivious to the fact that workhouses as at present wsed ...

Published: Monday 06 March 1899
Newspaper: Western Daily Mercury
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 276 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DRAINAGE OF WORKHOUSE

... DRAINAGE OF WORKHOUSE TO MASONS AND OTHERS, TITHE Guardians give notice that they are pre.-L pared to receive Tenders for carrying out certain Drainage works and Sanitary arrangements in their Union Workhouse, accordance with certain Plans and Specifications ...

Published: Tuesday 16 June 1891
Newspaper: North Devon Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 399 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

NURSE FOR THE WORKHOUSE

... NURSE FOR THE WORKHOUSE. In compliance with advertisements issued for a nurse for the Workhouse, four applications were sent in for the situation, two of the applicants only attending the Board-room, in person. IT was resolved that Mrs. Catherine Rowe ...

Published: Friday 14 April 1871
Newspaper: Tavistock Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 66 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE WORKHOUSE MILK

... THE WORKHOUSE MILK. With regard to the well at Abbotskerswell the farm of Mr J. H. Buckpitt, who supplies the Workhouse milk, Dr. Harvey reported that the well was shallow,perfectly level with the cement floor.and the latter in its immediate vicinity ...

Published: Saturday 04 April 1896
Newspaper: East & South Devon Advertiser
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 232 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

CHRISTMAS IN THE WORKHOUSE

... CHRISTMAS THE WORKHOUSE. Christmas Day spent in a workhouse is not pleasan. thing look forward to or think about, yet is, unhappily, the lot of some whom poverty or misfortune ha* reduced,to seek the shelter of the workhouse walls. Board, of Guardians ...

OUR WORKHOUSES

... there is always the refuge of the workhouse. Yet we find a poor wretch brought before the magistrate at one of the metropolitan police courts for creating a disturbance late night at the door of one of the London workhouses. The disturbaoce, we learn, consisted ...

TOTNES WORKHOUSE,

... TOTNES WORKHOUSE, THE CHARGE* AND COUNTER CHARGES BY ...

Published: Saturday 17 July 1869
Newspaper: Totnes Weekly Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 8 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE NEWTON WORKHOUSE

... trying to da their doty making life in -the Workhouse more tolerable, and we supported them, the feet thet they ware lonely three. We gore considerable prominence to the chargee they brought against the Workhouse, with the reenlt that, Sgnratirely, Mr Creed’s ...

Published: Saturday 26 May 1894
Newspaper: Totnes Weekly Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 893 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

THE TAVISTOCK WORKHOUSE

... THE TAVISTOCK WORKHOUSE INFIRMARY. The late inquiry into the working of the Workhouse Infirmary has been taken up warmly by the Loner's of Saturday last. As this is an acknowledged authority on such matters, and the exposé is rather severe, we may fairly ...

Published: Friday 23 July 1869
Newspaper: Tavistock Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 920 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

QO TO THE WORKHOUSE

... QO TO THE WORKHOUSE. About fortnight ago a report upon the sanitary condition of Clerkenwell Workhouse was presented Dr. Stallard ; and In it said Words fail me now to describe the wretchedness of this disgraceful building, or the sad condition of Its ...

Published: Tuesday 14 September 1869
Newspaper: North Devon Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 203 | Page: 3 | Tags: none