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WORKHOUSE WORK

... WORKHOUSE WORK. EXETER SIDELIGHTS. Folice-cotirt, Yesterday, Ada Sims, described laundreas, was charged with refusing to perform work at the Exeter Workhouse yesterday morning. The Master (Mr. Norrish,) said accused had given considerable trouble. Wherj ...

Published: Tuesday 27 April 1920
Newspaper: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 162 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

OKEHAMPTON WORKHOUSE

... Norton Workhouse, King’s at Okcham Workhouse, Birmingham, 25, and formerly to mai iss Doddwell, 27 (whom he ), Assistant-Matron and Sewi Mistress at King’s Norton Workhouse, Mr. J. A. a nd Mrs. Holt,’ porter and portress at Charlton Union Workhouse, aged ...

Published: Monday 23 August 1897
Newspaper: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 1690 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

LISKEARD WORKHOUSE

... LISKEARD WORKHOUSE SIR, —Though I voted in favour of handing over the infants of the Liskeard Workhouse to the care of proper person, I must protest against the charges brought the “Local Government Journal.” No Board has shewn a greater desire to act ...

Published: Thursday 31 January 1895
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: | Words: 256 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

WORKHOUSE DIET

... WORKHOUSE DIET. Torrington Inmates alfl About Margarine, DOCTOR AND HIS Mr. J. Squance, at Saturday's ee^'* e ...

Published: Monday 16 April 1928
Newspaper: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 254 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

FEWER IN WORKHOUSE

... FEWER IN WORKHOUSE DECREASE RE PORT El) TO DEVONPORT GLAROIANS At Devonport Guardians' meeting ye&ierday, the Mayor (Alderman J. J. H. presiding. Mrs. Williams asked whether extra relief would be given aged popple during the winter for the purchase of ...

Published: Saturday 22 October 1927
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 263 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

CITY WORKHOUSE

... CITY WORKHOUSE. Exeter, Bee- Ist. From what can collect, by report, the storm is thickening at our City Workhouse.- Our readers will recollect, that last week published a printed statement of the food, &c. charged a,s being expended at that establishment ...

Published: Saturday 01 December 1827
Newspaper: Western Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 3546 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

AXMINSTER WORKHOUSE

... AXMINSTER WORKHOUSE. A visit has been paid by the Special Commissioner of the British Medical Journal to Axminstcr Workhouse. The state of things is described as not unusual, but none the less deplorable. Wards crowded and destitute of comfort, windows ...

Published: Wednesday 24 April 1895
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: | Words: 2599 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

DOCTOR IN THE WORKHOUSE

... DOCTOR IN THE WORKHOUSE. A curious application was made to the Pickering Guardians on Monday by a fully qualified doctor. He asked that he might be admitted to the workhouie as a paying guest. He had been in the workhouse on these terms time ago and ...

Published: Friday 23 February 1912
Newspaper: Teignmouth Post and Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 328 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

EXETER WORKHOUSE

... EXETER WORKHOUSE. A special Court of the Corporation of the was held on Monday at the Workhouse, to consider the propriety of reducing the wages of persons working in the Brickfield, and of better providing for the grown up children now in the workhouse ...

Published: Saturday 14 November 1829
Newspaper: Western Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 991 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

INSTITUTION. NOT WORKHOUSE

... INSTITUTION. NOT WORKHOUSE. When is this plnce to be called Institution, not Workhouse ? inquired the new. W. Scott 1 (Sheldon) at the weekly meeting of Newton of Guardians on Wtimday. He nodeed, he mid, that the Cleft (Kr. F. Hefner) bed, in reading ...

Published: Friday 27 March 1914
Newspaper: Teignmouth Post and Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 94 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

INQUEST AT THE WORKHOUSE

... INQUEST AT THE WORKHOUSE. ' ,m held at the orkhouse this city, on uu ' fore J-Warren, Esq., Coroner for Exeter, the body Thomas Neyle, aged 4G, a lunatic, who hanged himself his cell during the previous night. j *' tlie superintendent, deposed, that the ...

Published: Saturday 02 September 1843
Newspaper: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 337 | Page: 3 | Tags: none