The history of the workhouse by Peter Higginbotham

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  - Bedfordshire
    - Ampthill
    - Bedford
    - Biggleswade
    - Leighton Buzzard
    - Luton
    - Woburn
  - Berkshire
    - Abingdon
    - Bradfield
    - Cookham
    - Easthampstead
    - Faringdon
    - Hungerford (& Ramsbury)
    - Maidenhead
    - Newbury
    - Reading
    - Reading & Wokingham SD
    - Wallingford
    - Wantage
    - Windsor
    - Wokingham
  - Buckinghamshire
    - Amersham
    - Aylesbury
    - Buckingham
    - Eton
    - Newport Pagnell
    - Winslow
    - Wycombe
  - Cambridgeshire
    - Cambridge
    - Caxton & Arrington
    - Chesterton
    - Ely
    - Linton
    - Newmarket
    - North Witchford
    - Whittlesey
    - Wisbech
  - Channel Islands
    - Guernsey
    - Jersey
  - Cheshire
    - Altrincham
    - Birkenhead
    - Bucklow
    - Chester
    - Congleton
    - Great Boughton
    - Macclesfield
    - Nantwich
    - Northwich
    - Runcorn
    - Stockport
    - Tarvin
    - Wirral
  - Cornwall
    - Bodmin
    - Camelford
    - Falmouth
    - Helston
    - Launceston
    - Liskeard
    - Penzance
    - Redruth
    - St Austell
    - St Columb Major
    - St Germans
    - Stratton
    - Truro
  - Cumberland
    - Alston with Garrigill
    - Bootle
    - Brampton
    - Carlisle
    - Cockermouth
    - Longtown
    - Penrith
    - Whitehaven
    - Wigton
  - Derbyshire
    - Ashbourne
    - Bakewell
    - Belper
    - Chapel-en-le-Frith
    - Chesterfield
    - Derby
    - Glossop
    - Hayfield
    - Shardlow
  - Devon
    - Axminster
    - Barnstaple
    - Bideford
    - Crediton
    - Devonport
    - East Stonehouse
    - Exeter
    - Holsworthy
    - Honiton
    - Kingsbridge
    - Newton Abbot
    - Okehampton
    - Plymouth
    - Plympton St Mary
    - South Molton
    - St Thomas
    - Stoke Damerel
    - Tavistock
    - Tiverton
    - Torrington
    - Totnes
  - Dorset
    - Beaminster
    - Blandford
    - Bridport
    - Cerne
    - Cranborne
    - Dorchester
    - Poole
    - Purbeck
    - Shaftesbury
    - Sherborne
    - Sturminster
    - Wareham & Purbeck
    - Weymouth
    - Wimborne & Cranborne
  - County Durham
    - (Bishop) Auckland
    - Chester-le-Street
    - Darlington
    - Durham
    - Easington
    - Gateshead
    - Hartlepool
    - Houghton-le-Spring
    - Lanchester
    - Sedgefield
    - South Shields
    - Stockton-on-Tees
    - Sunderland
    - Teesdale
    - Weardale
  - Essex
    - Billericay
    - Braintree
    - Chelmsford
    - Colchester
    - Dunmow
    - Epping
    - Halstead
    - Lexden & Winstree
    - Maldon
    - Ongar
    - Orsett
    - Rochford
    - Romford
    - Saffron Walden
    - Tendring
    - West Ham
    - Witham
  - Gloucestershire
    - Barton Regis
    - Bristol Incorporation
    - Cheltenham
    - Chipping Sodbury
    - Cirencester
    - Clifton
    - Dursley
    - Gloucester
    - Newent
    - Northleach
    - Stow-on-the-Wold
    - Stroud
    - Tetbury
    - Tewkesbury
    - Thornbury
    - Westbury-on-Severn
    - Wheatenhurst
    - Winchcomb
  - Hampshire
    - Aldershot GP
    - Alresford
    - Alton
    - Alverstoke GP
    - Andover
    - Basingstoke
    - Bournemouth
    - Catherington
    - Christchurch
    - Droxford
    - Eastleigh
    - Fareham
    - Farnborough GU
    - Farnham & Hartley Wintney SD
    - Fordingbridge
    - Hartley Wintney
    - Havant
    - Headley GU
    - Hursley
    - Isle of Wight
    - Kingsclere
    - Lymington
    - New Forest
    - Petersfield
    - Portsea Island
    - Portsmouth
    - Ringwood
    - Romsey
    - South Stoneham
    - Southampton
    - Stockbridge
    - Whitchurch
    - New Winchester
  - Herefordshire
    - Bromyard
    - Dore
    - Hereford
    - Kington
    - Ledbury
    - Leominster
    - Ross
    - Weobley
  - Hertfordshire
    - Barnet
    - Berkhampstead
    - Bishop's Stortford
    - Buntingford
    - Hatfield
    - Hemel Hempstead
    - Hertford
    - Hitchin
    - Royston
    - St Albans
    - Ware
    - Watford
    - Welwyn
  - Huntingdonshire
    - Huntingdon
    - St Ives
    - St Neots
  - Isle of Man
    - Isle of Man
  - Kent
    - Blean
    - Bridge
    - Bromley
    - Canterbury
    - Cranbrook
    - Dartford
    - Dover
    - East Ashford
    - Eastry
    - Elham
    - Faversham
    - Gravesend & Milton
    - Hollingbourne
    - Hoo
    - Isle of Thanet
    - Maidstone
    - Malling
    - Medway
    - Milton Regis
    - North Aylesford
    - Penshurst
    - River
    - Romney Marsh
    - Sevenoaks
    - Sheppey
    - Strood
    - Tenterden
    - Tonbridge
    - West Ashford
  - Lancashire
    - Ashton-under-Lyne
    - Barrow-in-Furness
    - Barton-upon-Irwell
    - Blackburn
    - Bolton
    - Burnley
    - Bury
    - Caton GU
    - Chorley
    - Chorlton
    - Clitheroe
    - Fylde
    - Garstang
    - Haslingden
    - Lancaster
    - Leigh
    - Liverpool
    - Lunesdale
    - Manchester
    - Oldham
    - Ormskirk
    - Prescot
    - Preston
    - Prestwich
    - Rochdale
    - Salford
    - Todmorden
    - Toxteth Park
    - Ulverston
    - Warrington
    - West Derby
    - Wigan
  - Leicestershire
    - Ashby-de-la-Zouch
    - Barrow-upon-Soar
    - Billesdon
    - Blaby
    - Hinckley
    - Leicester
    - Loughborough
    - Lutterworth
    - Market Bosworth
    - Market Harborough
    - Melton Mowbray
  - Lincolnshire
    - Boston
    - Bourne
    - Caistor
    - Gainsborough
    - Glanford Brigg
    - Grantham
    - Grimsby
    - Holbeach
    - Horncastle
    - Lincoln
    - Louth
    - Sleaford
    - Spalding
    - Spilsby
    - Stamford
  - London: Kent
    - Greenwich
    - Lewisham
    - Woolwich
  - London: Middlesex
    - Bethnal Green (St Matthew)
    - Bloomsbury (St Giles & St George)
    - Chelsea (St Luke)
    - City of London
    - City of Westminster
    - Clerkenwell (St James & St John)
    - East London
    - Fulham
    - Hackney
    - Hammersmith
    - Hampstead (St John)
    - Holborn
    - Islington (St Mary)
    - Kensington
    - Mile End Old Town
    - Paddington
    - Poplar
    - St George's
    - St George in the East
    - St George Hanover Square
    - St Luke's
    - St Martin-in-the-Fields
    - St Marylebone
    - St Pancras
    - St Sepulchre
    - Shoreditch (St Leonard's)
    - Stepney
    - Strand
    - West London
    - Westminster (St James)
    - Westminster (St Margaret & St John)
    - Westminster Union
    - Whitechapel
  - London: Surrey
    - Bermondsey (St Mary Magdalen)
    - Camberwell (St Giles)
    - Lambeth (St Mary)
    - Newington (St Mary)
    - Rotherhithe (St Mary)
    - Southwark (St George the Martyr)
    - St Olave
    - St Saviour's
    - Wandsworth & Clapham
  - London SDs
    - Brentwood SD
    - Central London SD
    - Finsbury SD
    - Forest Gate SD
    - Kensington & Chelsea SD
    - North Surrey SD
    - South Metropolitan SD
    - West London SD
  - London SADs
    - Central London SAD
    - Finsbury SAD
    - Kensington SAD
    - Newington SAD
    - Poplar & Stepney SAD
    - Rotherhithe SAD
  - Middlesex
    - Brentford
    - Edmonton
    - Hendon
    - Staines
    - Uxbridge
    - Willesden
  - Norfolk
    - Acle GU
    - Aldborough GU
    - Aylsham
    - Bawdeswell GU
    - Blofield
    - Booton GU
    - Brinton and Melton Constable GU
    - Depwade
    - Docking
    - Downham
    - Erpingham
    - East & West Flegg
    - Forehoe
    - Freebridge Lynn
    - Gimingham GU
    - (Great) Yarmouth
    - Guiltcross
    - Hackford GU
    - Henstead
    - King's Lynn
    - Loddon & Clavering
    - Mitford & Launditch
    - Norwich
    - Oulton GU
    - St Faith's
    - Swaffham
    - Thetford
    - Tunstead & Happing (Smallburgh)
    - Walsingham
    - Wayland
  - Northamptonshire
    - Brackley
    - Brixworth
    - Daventry
    - Hardingstone
    - Kettering
    - Northampton
    - Oundle
    - Peterborough
    - Potterspury
    - Thrapston
    - Towcester
    - Wellingborough
  - Northumberland
    - Alnwick
    - Belford
    - Bellingham
    - Berwick-upon-Tweed
    - Castle Ward
    - Glendale
    - Haltwhistle
    - Hexham
    - Morpeth
    - Newcastle-upon-Tyne
    - Northern Counties JC
    - Rothbury
    - Tynemouth
  - Nottinghamshire
    - Basford
    - Bingham
    - East Retford
    - Mansfield
    - Newark
    - Nottingham
    - Radford
    - Southwell
    - Thurgarton Incorporation
    - Worksop
  - Oxfordshire
    - Banbury
    - Bicester
    - Chipping Norton
    - Headington
    - Henley
    - Oxford
    - Thame
    - Witney
    - Woodstock
  - Rutland
    - Oakham
    - Uppingham
  - Shropshire (Salop)
    - Atcham (& Shrewsbury)
    - Bridgnorth
    - Church Stretton
    - Cleobury Mortimer
    - Clun
    - (Market) Drayton
    - Ellesmere
    - Ludlow
    - Madeley
    - Newport
    - Oswestry
    - Shifnal
    - Shrewsbury
    - South-East Shropshire SD
    - Wellington
    - Wem
    - Whitchurch
  - Somerset
    - Axbridge
    - Bath
    - Bedminster
    - Bridgwater
    - Chard
    - Clutton
    - Dulverton
    - Frome
    - Keynsham
    - Langport
    - Long Ashton
    - Shepton Mallet
    - Taunton
    - Wellington
    - Wells
    - Williton
    - Wincanton
    - Yeovil
  - Staffordshire
    - Alstonfield GU
    - Burton Upon Trent
    - Cannock
    - Cheadle
    - Leek
    - Lichfield
    - Newcastle-under-Lyme
    - Penkridge
    - Seisdon
    - Stafford
    - Stoke-upon-Trent
    - Stone
    - Tamworth
    - Uttoxeter
    - Walsall
    - Walsall & West Bromwich JC
    - Walsall & West Bromwich SD
    - West Bromwich
    - Wolstanton & Burslem
    - Wolverhampton
  - Suffolk
    - Blything
    - Bosmere & Claydon
    - Bury St Edmunds
    - Colneis & Carlford
    - Cosford
    - Hartismere
    - Hoxne
    - Ipswich
    - Loes and Wilford
    - Mildenhall
    - Mutford & Lothingland
    - Plomesgate
    - Risbridge
    - Samford
    - Stow
    - Sudbury
    - Thingoe
    - Wangford
    - Woodbridge
  - Surrey
    - Ash GU
    - Chertsey
    - Croydon
    - Dorking
    - Epsom
    - Farnham
    - Godstone
    - Guildford
    - Hambledon
    - Kingston
    - Reigate
    - Richmond
  - Sussex
    - Arundel
    - Battle
    - Brighton
    - Chailey
    - Chichester
    - Cuckfield
    - East Grinstead
    - East Preston
    - Eastbourne
    - Hailsham
    - Hastings
    - Horsham
    - Lewes
    - Midhurst
    - Newhaven
    - Petworth
    - Rye
    - Steyning
    - Sutton GU
    - Thakeham
    - Ticehurst
    - Uckfield
    - Westbourne
    - West Firle
    - Westhampnett
  - Warwickshire
    - Alcester
    - Aston
    - Atherstone
    - Bedworth GU
    - Birmingham
    - Coventry
    - Foleshill
    - Meriden
    - Nuneaton
    - Rugby
    - Shipston-on-Stour
    - Solihull
    - Southam
    - Stratford-on-Avon
    - Warwick
  - Westmorland
    - East Ward
    - Kendal
    - West Ward
  - Wiltshire
    - Alderbury (Salisbury)
    - Amesbury
    - Bradford on Avon
    - Calne
    - Chippenham
    - Cricklade & Wootton Bassett
    - Devizes
    - Highworth & Swindon
    - Malmesbury
    - Marlborough
    - Melksham
    - Mere
    - Pewsey
    - Salisbury
    - Tisbury
    - Trowbridge
    - Warminster
    - Westbury & Whorwellsdown
    - Wilton
  - Worcestershire
    - Bromsgrove
    - Droitwich
    - Dudley
    - Evesham
    - Kidderminster
    - King's Norton
    - Martley
    - Pershore
    - Shipston-on-Stour
    - Stourbridge
    - Tenbury
    - Upton-upon-Severn
    - Worcester
  - Yorkshire, E. Riding
    - Beverley
    - Bridlington
    - Driffield
    - Howden
    - Kingston upon Hull
    - Patrington
    - Pocklington
    - Sculcoates
    - Skirlaugh
    - York
  - Yorkshire, N. Riding
    - Aysgarth
    - Bainbridge GU
    - Bedale
    - Easingwold
    - Guisborough
    - Helmsley
    - Kirkby Moorside
    - Leyburn
    - Malton
    - Middlesbrough
    - Northallerton
    - Pickering
    - Reeth
    - Richmond
    - Scarborough
    - Stokesley
    - Thirsk
    - Whitby
  - Yorkshire, W. Riding
    - Barnsley
    - Barwick-in-Elmet GU
    - Bradford
    - Bramley
    - Carlton GU
    - Dewsbury
    - Doncaster
    - Ecclesall Bierlow
    - Goole
    - Great Ouseburn
    - Great Preston GU
    - Halifax
    - Hemsworth
    - Holbeck
    - Huddersfield
    - Hunslet
    - Keighley
    - Knaresborough
    - Leeds
    - North Bierley
    - Pateley Bridge
    - Penistone
    - Pontefract
    - Ripon
    - Rotherham
    - Saddleworth
    - Sedbergh
    - Selby
    - Settle
    - Sheffield
    - Skipton
    - Tadcaster
    - Thorne
    - Todmorden
    - Wakefield
    - Wetherby
    - Wharfedale
    - Wortley
- Welsh Poor Law Unions
  - Welsh Workhouse History
  - Unions Summary List
  - Anglesey
    - Anglesey
    - Holyhead
  - Brecknock (Breconshire)
    - Brecknock
    - Builth
    - Crickhowell
    - Hay
  - Cardiganshire
    - Aberayron
    - Aberystwyth
    - Cardigan
    - Lampeter
    - Tregaron
  - Carmarthenshire
  - Carnarvonshire
  - Denbighshire
    - Llanrwst
    - Ruthin
    - Wrexham
  - Flintshire
  - Glamorgan
    - Bridgend & Cowbridge
    - Cardiff
    - Gower
    - Merthyr Tydfil
    - Neath
    - Pontardawe
    - Pontypridd
    - Swansea
  - Merionethshire
    - Bala
    - Corwen
    - Dolgelley
    - Festiniog
  - Monmouthshire
    - Abergavenny
    - Bedwellty
    - Chepstow
    - Monmouth
    - Newport
    - Pontypool
  - Montgomeryshire
  - Pembrokeshire
  - Radnorshire
- Irish Poor Law Unions
  - Irish Workhouse History
  - Unions Summary List
  - Co. Antrim
    - Antrim
    - Ballycastle
    - Ballymena
    - Ballymoney
    - Belfast
    - Larne
    - Lisburn
  - Co. Armagh
    - Armagh
    - Lurgan
  - Co. Carlow
    - Carlow
  - Co. Cavan
    - Bailieborough
    - Bawnboy
    - Cavan
    - Cootehill
  - Co. Clare
    - Ballyvaughan
    - Corofin
    - Ennis
    - Ennistymon
    - Kildysart (Killadysert)
    - Kilrush
    - Scariff
    - Tulla
  - Co. Cork
    - Bandon
    - Bantry
    - Castletownbere
    - Clonakilty
    - Cork
    - Dunmanway
    - Fermoy
    - Kanturk
    - Kinsale
    - Macroom
    - Mallow
    - Midleton
    - Millstreet
    - Mitchelstown
    - Schull (Skull)
    - Skibbereen
    - Youghal
  - Co. Donegal
    - Ballyshannon
    - Donegal
    - Dunfanaghy
    - Glenties
    - Inishowen
    - Letterkenny
    - Milford
    - Stranorlar
  - Co. Down
    - Banbridge
    - Downpatrick
    - Kilkeel
    - Newry
    - Newtownards
  - Co. Dublin
    - Balrothery
    - Dublin North
    - Dublin South
    - Rathdown
  - Co. Fermanagh
    - Enniskillen
    - Lisnaskea
    - Lowtherstown
  - Co. Galway
    - Ballinasloe
    - Clifden
    - Galway
    - Glenamaddy
    - Gort
    - Loughrea
    - Mountbellew
    - Oughterard
    - Portumna
    - Tuam
  - Co. Kerry
    - Cahirciveen
    - Dingle
    - Kenmare
    - Killarney
    - Listowel
    - Tralee
  - Co. Kildare
    - Athy
    - Celbridge
    - Naas
  - Co. Kilkenny
    - Callan
    - Castlecomer
    - Kilkenny
    - Thomastown
    - Urlingford
  - Co. Laois (Queen's)
    - Abbeyleix
    - Donaghmore
    - Mountmellick
  - Co. Leitrim
    - Carrick-on-Shannon
    - Manorhamilton
    - Mohill
  - Co. Limerick
    - Croom
    - Glin
    - Kilmallock
    - Limerick
    - Newcastle
    - Rathkeale
  - Co. Londonderry
    - Coleraine
    - Londonderry
    - Magherafelt
    - Newtown Limavady
  - Co. Longford
    - Ballymahon
    - Granard
    - Longford
  - Co. Louth
    - Ardee
    - Drogheda
    - Dundalk
  - Co. Mayo
    - Ballina
    - Ballinrobe
    - Belmullet
    - Castlebar
    - Claremorris
    - Killala
    - Newport
    - Swineford
    - Westport
  - Co. Meath
    - Dunshaughlin
    - Kells
    - Navan
    - Oldcastle
    - Trim
  - Co. Monaghan
    - Carrickmacross
    - Castleblayney
    - Clones
    - Monaghan
  - Co. Offaly (King's)
    - Edenderry
    - Parsonstown
    - Tullamore
  - Co. Roscommon
    - Boyle
    - Castlerea
    - Roscommon
    - Strokestown
  - Co. Sligo
    - Dromore West
    - Sligo
    - Tubbercurry
  - Co. Tipperary
    - Borrisokane
    - Carrick-on-Suir
    - Cashel
    - Clogheen
    - Clonmel
    - Nenagh
    - Roscrea
    - Thurles
    - Tipperary
  - Co. Tyrone
    - Castlederg
    - Clogher
    - Cookstown
    - Dungannon
    - Gortin
    - Omagh
    - Strabane
  - Co. Waterford
    - Dungarvan
    - Kilmacthomas
    - Lismore
    - Waterford
  - Co. Westmeath
    - Athlone
    - Castletowndelvin
    - Mullingar
  - Co. Wexford
    - Enniscorthy
    - Gorey
    - New Ross
    - Wexford
  - Co. Wicklow
    - Baltinglass
    - Rathdrum
    - Shillelagh
- Scottish Poorhouses
  - Scottish Poorhouse History
  - Poorhouse Summary List
  - Aberdeenshire
    - Aberdeen
    - Buchan (Maud)
    - Old Machar (Aberdeen)
  - Angus (Forfarshire)
    - Arbroath & St Vigean's
    - Brechin
    - Dundee
    - Forfar
    - Kirriemuir
  - Argyllshire
    - Campbeltown
    - Islay
    - Lorn (Oban)
    - Lochgilphead
    - Mull
  - Ayrshire
    - Ayr
    - Cunninghame (Irvine)
    - Kyle (Ayr)
    - Maybole
  - Banffshire
    - Rathven
  - Berwickshire
    - (parts in Kelso)
  - Bute
    - Rothesay
  - Caithness
    - Latheron
    - Thurso
  - Clackmanann
    - (parts in Stirling)
  - Dumfries-shire
    - Dumfries
    - Kirkpatrick-Fleming
    - Upper Nithsdale
  - Dunbartonshire
    - Dumbarton
    - Kirkintilloch
  - East Lothian (Haddington)
    - East Lothian
  - Fife
    - Dunfermline
    - Dysart
    - Kirkcaldy
  - Inverness-shire
    - Inverness
    - Long Island
    - Skye
  - Kincardineshire
    - Kincardineshire
  - Kirkcudbrightshire
    - Kirkcudbright
  - Lanarkshire
    - Barony (Glasgow)
    - Cambusnethan
    - Dalziel
    - Douglas/Carnwath
    - Glasgow City
    - Govan
    - Hamilton
    - Lanark
    - Mothwerwell
    - New Monkland
    - Old Monkland
    - Omoa
  - Midlothian
    - Edinburgh
    - Dalkeith
    - Inveresk
    - North Leith
    - South Leith
    - St Cuthbert's
  - Morayshire (Elgin)
    - Morayshire
  - Nairn
    - Nairn
  - Orkney
    - Orkney
  - Peebles-shire
    - Peebles
  - Perth
    - Athole & Breadalbane
    - Perth
    - Upper Strathearn
  - Renfrewshire
    - Abbey (Paisley)
    - Busby
    - Greenock
    - Paisley
    - Renfrewshire
  - Ross & Cromarty
    - Black Isle (Fortrose)
    - Easter Ross (Tain)
    - Lews (Lewis)
  - Roxburghshire
    - Hawick
    - Jedburgh
    - Kelso
  - Selkirkshire
    - Galashiels
  - Shetland (Zetland)
    - Shetland
  - Stirlingshire (& Clackmannan)
    - Falkirk
    - Stirling
  - Sutherland
    - Sutherland
  - Wigtownshire
    - Rhins of Galloway
    - Wigtownshire (Stranraer)
  - West Lothian
    - Linlithgow
- Scottish Almshouses
- Poor Law Union Maps
- Workhouse Location Maps
- Workhouse Addresses
- Outside Britain
  - Overview
  - Australia
    - Adelaide
    - Ballarat
  - Denmark
  - Italy
    - Naples
  - USA
    - Massachusetts
    - New York
      - Blackwell's Island
    - Pennsylvania
      - Allegheny
      - McKean
Workhouse Life
- Entering & Leaving
- Clothing
- Classification
- Inside a workhouse
- Daily routine
- Rules & punishment
- Workhouse food
- Work
- Medical care
- Religion
- Death
- Changing times?
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