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 Former workhouse in Nantwich, dating from 1780 |
In England and Wales a workhouse, colloquially known as a spike, was a place where those unable to support themselves were offered accommodation and employment. The earliest known use of the term dates from 1631, in an account by the mayor of Abingdon reporting that "wee haue erected wthn our borough a workehouse to sett poore people to worke".
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- Related: Almshouse, Book of Murder, Penal servitude, Unfree labour
| The Workhouse Website The Workhouse Website www.workhouses.org.uk - Web |
| Horsham Workhouse Horsham Workhouse www.horshamworkhouse.co.uk - Web |
| Cleveland Street Workhouse Cleveland Street Workhouse www.clevelandstreetworkhouse.org - Web |
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| Workhouse records on The National Archives' websit... Workhouse records on The National Archives' website. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/workhouse.asp - Web |
| The poor in Burslem and Wolstanton, Stoke-on-Trent... The poor in Burslem and Wolstanton, Stoke-on-Trent, early 19th century. www.search.exploringthepotteries.org.uk/.../default.asp?theme=397 - Web |
| High Hall Bainbridge 1809–2007 High Hall Bainbridge 1809–2007 www.thedales.org.uk/HighHallBainbridge1809-2007 - Web |
| Aysgarth Union Workhouse Aysgarth Union Workhouse www.sycamorehall.co.uk/AysgarthUnionWorkhouse - Web |
| Workhouses in the Eastern Essex area of the UK Workhouses in the Eastern Essex area of the UK www.essex-family-history.co.uk/workhouses.htm - Web |
| Sources for the study of workhouses in Sheffield, ... Sources for the study of workhouses in Sheffield, UK www.sheffield.gov.uk/.../workhouses - Web |
