... century the conditions in some workhouses were appalling. In 1807 the Rev. James Webster, a Justice of the Peace, inspected the parish workhouse at Lidlington, which had formerly been the pest-house. The said parish workhouse is not fit for the habitation ...

... ONLY ONE THATCHED COTTAGE AT OAKLEY Workhouse that Became Homes for Two Families . In the “good old days”, when villages really were villages and their completely rural charm had not been spoiled by ribbon development, the High Street at Oakley was lined ...

... MEAT ON THREE DAYS In the parish the prosperous ne«txented the inns, and the workhouse waited for those who failed. In 1762 the Overseers farmed out the workhouse in the north end of Woburn to & contractor. and there is an agreement which gives us the ...

... expressed a liking for the seas were apprenticed in the Merchant Navy and others started their careers on fishing trawlers. The Workhouse then entered upon period of comparative placidity—broken only from time to time by a fracas between the staff and wandering ...

... * * * MUCH has been done, and is being done, to make St. Mary's look less like what it so obviously is—a workhouse of the worst days of the Poor Law. The improvements inside are more apparent than those outside. That forbidding frontage takes us straight ...

... AUCTION SALES PAVENHAM BEDFORDSHIRE Wednesday Next at 6.30 o’clock. PASTURE FIELD, known as WORKHOUSE CLOSE containine Acres or thereabouts, which STAFFORD, ROGERS & MERRY Have received instructions the Administratrix of H Middleton deceased. to offer ...

... volunteers was made. After Colonel Caigcr had spoken, five men signed enrolment forms. The White House, Eatoi Socon, formerly a workhouse and now a hospital where chronic sick cases are nursed, is to be closed on 31st March. At the moment there are about 60 patients ...

... strong and the rest of her life was spent endeavouring to reform the Army Medical Service (not only here, but in India), the workhouse infirmaries and hospital administration generally. She was the inspiration for the formation of the Red Cross, and established ...

... or to go to the dreaded workhouse. Life held little for them in the way of social intercourse. Though many pensioners ought to be better off than they are, the grinding poverty and reliance on relatives has gone and the workhouse is only an evil memory ...

... for 70 casuals at Biggleswade Workhouse was considered by the Board of Guardians, who thought they were turning it into a roadside hotel.” The Master reported that in four weeks 1,407 vagrants had visited the Workhouse. A branch of the League of Nations ...

... All No doubt the people responsible for this place when it was first brought into commission thought it the last word in 'Workhouses' or Institutes, whichexcr you like to call it. but you have only to look along the corridor outsile this room to sec what ...

... Bedfordshire. the request of several members the plans were held up so that they could be seen. Just look at it—it looks like workhouse,” exclaimed County Aid. Jeyes The Chairman. Lord Luke, said that the finished colour would not be the same the colour used ...