... the infirmary The Workhouse was established to “feed the hungry and house the homeless” One May morning in 1910 three gentlemen came to see me They asked if I would fill vacancy on the Board of Guardians Committee of the Work-house There was one member ...

... and pregnancy. Sexual taboos at that time were very strong. A woman who had a child out of marriage could be thrown in the workhouse, a home or even locked away' If this happened to you I would like to hear how you coped as a disabled woman in this situation ...

... residents most of them newcomers. Unlike a great many Essex villages, Great Sampford is comparatively unspoilt. The old brick workhouse still stands (now a private dwelling) and there is still a plentiful sprinkling of picturesque thatched cottages. But many ...

... brown hair EDITORIALDISPLAY ADS: 01277 219222 TELE-ADS: 01277 219022 FAX: 01277 219172 wwwthisisessexcouk Joy as town’s workhouse clock is re-homed in High Street supermarket Council’s dilemma over costly repairs THE occupants of Billericay and Wickford’s ...

... here just for the poor. We act for people in need and that cuts across the social boundaries. Social services is not a workhouse alternative. I admit it is pretty grotty here in this building but in our new centre we hope to change the image. Social ...

... Jedrej. pect their families to look after them in old age, those from outside were destined to finish their lives in the workhouse in Saffron Walden. Miss Rutland saw the need to provide accommodation for such people and in 1862 built, at her own expense ...

... out to me the route of •he coffin path which ran behind, and which, he said. was used to carry the fo•ld cooked at the %workhouse for the inmates of the isolation hospital in Pie Valley ...

... R207823 Independent Press Weekend Section Thursday January 19 1978 six Trailing historical 88-92 High Street the original workhouse a 17th-century timber-framed house re-fronted in brick in the late 19th century R197817 4145 Castle Street late 15th-century ...

... life, when most people worked in the village. The farmworker's wage was £1 a week, with no child allowances, and only the workhouse as prospect for those who were very old and poor. Mr Stone came to the old Clavering Vicarage in 1937, just before the village ...

... increased as much as claimed by Coun Menell Coun Russell Green said the Radwinter Road Hospital formerly a workhouse still looked like a workhouse from the outside and was surrounded by industrial buildings He said it could not accommodate all elderly people ...

... are in JAMSS WILLIAM great great grand of Author of in old is partially eye but with his right one His are promptly no Workhouse may bo forwarded and Observer Office Stortford full list of all amounts however published be it is Annuity JAMES Defoe: ...

... 18th century the jail had been in the town hall, but in 1818 it was moved to the top of the High Street next door to the workhouse, and later, in 1840 a house at the eastern corner of Mercer's Row became the lock-up. While in 1863, the Utilesford and Clavering ...