The Scottish poorhouse, occasionally referred to as a workhouse, provided accommodation for the destitute and poor in Scotland. The term poorhouse was...
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House, ca. 1918 Almshouse Low income housing Scottish poorhouse Homeless shelter "Poorhouses in Scotland". The Workhouse. Archived from the original on...
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indentured servants Padrone system Penal transportation Redemptioner Scottish poorhouse Slavery Irish indentured servants United States labor law Unpaid work...
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financially were offered accommodation and employment. In Scotland, they were usually known as poorhouses. The earliest known use of the term workhouse is from...
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Like most cities and towns across Scotland, Aberdeen and its twin city of Old Aberdeen had poorhouses to complement the provision for the poor and need...
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Scots International Church (redirect from Scottish Church in Rotterdam)
congregation, and, until 1815, the church supported in Rotterdam, the Scottish Poorhouse, on the Schotsche dijk (now Schiedamsche dijk), for the education...
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workings of the Scottish laws differed greatly to the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 which applied in England and Wales. In 1579, the Scottish Parliament passed...
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Dictionary of Scottish Architects Prospect 100 best modern Scottish buildings Scottish Vernacular I. Maxwell, A History of Scotland's Masonry Construction...
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List of Scots (redirect from List of famous Scottish people)
1970), First Minister of Scotland (since 2014) and Leader of the Scottish National Party John Swinney (born 1964), Scottish National Party (SNP) politician...
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Glasgow Industrial School for Girls (category Scottish poorhouses)
website - Glasgow Industrial School for Girls, Maryhill, Lanarkshire, Scotland". Childrenshomes.org.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2017. Daily News, London, on...
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Relief Prohibitory Order Poor law unions Opposition Book of Murder Scottish poorhouse Changes after 1834 Poor Law Commission Poor Law Board Local Government...
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James Campbell Walker (category 19th-century Scottish architects)
– 10 January 1888) was a Scottish architect in the 19th century, practising across the country and specialising in poorhouses and schools. His main claim...
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Old Calton Burial Ground (redirect from Scottish – American Soldiers Monument)
of his hero and inspiration, the poet Robert Fergusson who died in the poorhouse and is buried in Canongate Kirkyard, visible from the southern reaches...
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Fergus, Ontario (section From "poorhouse" to museum)
County opened the Wellington County House of Industry and Refuge, or Poorhouse as it was called, on Wellington Road 18 between Fergus and Elora. Over...
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Springburn (category Articles containing Scottish Gaelic-language text)
Springburn (Scottish Gaelic: Allt an Fhuairainn) is an inner-city district in the north of the Scottish city of Glasgow, made up of generally working-class...
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Elora, Ontario (section From "poorhouse" to museum)
County opened the Wellington County House of Industry and Refuge, or Poorhouse as it was called, on Wellington Road 18 between Fergus and Elora. Over...
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the form of outdoor relief, poorhouses could be built to aid the sick Parishes should join together to build poorhouses An Inspector of the Poor decided...
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Poor law union (section Scotland)
The Poor Law in Scotland was reformed by the Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1845. Poorhouses (as workhouses were generally known in Scotland) were organised...
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East Dundee Poorhouse was built on a two-acre (8,000 m2) site in the area. After the inception of the National Health Service, the poorhouse was renamed...
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throws light on life in Scotland, England and Wales and Europe to this day. Aberdeen poorhouses Aberdeen trades hospitals Scottish Bedesmen Beadsman Beggar's...
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Maryfield Hospital (category Defunct hospitals in Scotland)
Maryfield Hospital was a hospital in Stobswell, Dundee, Scotland. Originally a poorhouse hospital it became Dundee's second main hospital after Dundee...
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Linlithgow (redirect from Linlithgow, Scotland)
(/lɪnˈlɪθɡoʊ/ lin-LITH-goh; Scots: Lithgae; Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Iucha) is a town in West Lothian, Scotland. It was historically West Lothian's county...
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Thurso (redirect from Thurso, Scotland)
Canisbay, Dunnet, Halkirk, Olrig, Reay and Watten. Many of the poorhouses in Scotland were under used, and by 1924 the building had been unoccupied for...
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Joseph Beuys (section Celtic (Kinloch Rannoch) Scottish Symphony, Celtic+, Agnus Vitex Castus and Three Pots for The Poorhouse (performances 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973))
Saughton Prison, Edinburgh International Festival, Scotland, UK 1981 Beuys creates The Poorhouse Doors, now at Stadtische Museum, Munchengladbach, Edinburgh...
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Western General Hospital (category NHS Scotland hospitals)
Edinburgh, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lothian. The hospital was designed by Peddie and Kinnear and opened as the St. Cuthberts and Canongate Poorhouse in...
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communities. Poorhouses continued to exist into the early 20th century, despite the criticism of the poor conditions of the poorhouses. In the US, the...
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Outdoor relief (category Scottish Poor Laws)
indoor relief were required to enter an almshouse, orphanage, workhouse or poorhouse. Outdoor relief consisted of hot meals and provision of blankets and things...
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St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh (category Church of Scotland churches in Edinburgh)
Scotland in 1769 Professor James Robertson (1714-1795) Alexander Hamilton (Scottish physician) FRSE (1739–1802) and his son James Hamilton (Scottish physician)...
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Forfar Infirmary (category Hospitals in Angus, Scotland)
Arbroath Road in Forfar, Angus, Scotland. It was managed by NHS Tayside. The facility had its origins in the Forfar Poorhouse which was completed in June...
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Eastern General Hospital (category Defunct hospitals in Scotland)
Council as the Leith Poorhouse. Although it was built in two sections, a poorhouse section and a hospital section, the poorhouse section was almost immediately...
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