Poorhouses in Scotland
After 1845, parishes in Scotland could choose to set up workhouses or, as happened in a large proportion of cases, just to give out-relief. The parishes or Combinations (Unions) of parishes that did operate formally constituted workhouses — more usually called poorhouses or poor's houses — are listed below. Note that where a Combination includes parishes in more than one county, its placement is based on the location of the poorhouse.
More than a hundred Scottish parishes also operated a variety small local establishments variously known as almshouses, parish lodging houses, or parish homes — these are listed on a separate page.
- Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen, Buchan Combination (Maud), Old Machar (Aberdeen)
- Angus (Forfarshire)
- Arbroath and St Vigean's Combination, Brechin Almshouse, Dundee Combination, Forfar, Kirriemuir Almshouse.
- Argyllshire
- Campbeltown, Islay Combination, Lorn Combination (Oban), Lochgilphead Combination, Mull Combination
- Ayrshire
- Ayr, Cunninghame Combination (Irvine), Kyle Combination (Ayr), Maybole Combination
- Banffshire
- Rathven (Parish Hospital)
- Berwickshire
- (parts included in Kelso Combination)
- Bute
- Rothesay
- Caithness
- Latheron Combination, Thurso Combination
- Clackmannanshire
- (see Stirling Combination)
- Dumfries-shire
- Dumfries, Kirkpatrick-Fleming (Notwen) Combination, Upper Nithsdale Combination
- Dunbartonshire
- Dumbarton Combination
- East Lothian (Haddingtonshire)
- East Lothian Combination
- Elgin
- (See Morayshire)
- Fife
- Dunfermline Combination, Dysart Combination, Kirkcaldy Combination
- Forfarshire
- (See Angus)
- Haddingtonshire
- (See East Lothian)
- Inverness-shire
- Inverness, Long Island Combination, Skye Combination
- Kincardineshire
- Kincardineshire Combination
- Kinross-shire
- (None known)
- Kirkcudbrightshire
- Kirkcudbright Combination
- Lanarkshire
- Barony (Glasgow), Cambusnethan Combination, Dalziel (Motherwell), Glasgow City, Govan Combination, Hamilton Combination, Lanark, New Monkland, Old Monkland, Omoa Combination
- Linlithgowshire
- (See West Lothian)
- Midlothian
- Edinburgh, Dalkeith Combination, Inveresk Combination, North Leith, South Leith, St Cuthbert's Combination (Edinburgh)
- Morayshire (Elgin)
- Morayshire Combination
- Nairn
- Nairn Combination
- Orkney
- Orkney Combination
- Peebles-shire
- Peebles Combination
- Perth
- Athole and Breadalbane Combination, Perth, Upper Strathearn Combination
- Renfrewshire
- Abbey (Paisley), Busby, Greenock, Paisley, Renfrewshire Combination
- Ross and Cromarty
- Black Isle Combination (Fortrose), Easter Ross Combination (Tain), Lews (Lewis) Combination
- Roxburghshire
- Hawick Combination, Jedburgh Combination, Kelso Combination, (parts also included in Galashiels Combination)
- Selkirkshire
- Galashiels Combination
- Shetland (Zetland)
- Shetland Combination
- Stirlingshire
- Falkirk, Stirling Combination
- Sutherland
- Sutherland Combination (Stonehaven)
- Wigtownshire
- Rhins of Galloway Combination, Wigtownshire Combination (Stranraer)
- West Lothian (Linlithgowshire)
- Linlithgow Combination
- Zetland
- (See Shetland)
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