Workhouse, now Northleach Hospital, Gloucestershire

Photograph taken 08 May 2001 © Historic England Archive/Mr Edward Parrott ref: 431529

Accommodation in workhouses was provided for men and women in separate blocks. It was also considered very important to separate the 'deserving' poor; children and the elderly, from the 'undeserving' able bodied men and women. This meant families were split up.

Location

Gloucestershire Northleach

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Themes

During Tudor and Stuart times almshouses were generally built and maintained by Craft Guilds or wealthy individuals
The almhouse was founded in 1437 by the Earl and Countess of Suffolk to house 13 poor men under the care of two chaplains.

Workhouse, now Northleach Hospital, Gloucestershire

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