Apparently there are records in DRO of a Woodside Poor House around 1769, seeAccount book of overseers, including assessments of poor rate, receipts and memoranda, 1745 – 1771 (EP/Ryt 7/1) Paupers refused to go the the House but payments were made there. I have several books on Ryton but there seems to be no mention of the Woodside Poor House. It was probably located at Ryton Woodside but I cannot find anything more about it. It precedes formal workhouses introduced after the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. However after googling around a bit, there were several pre-Act workhouses in Exeter and Abingdon. Anyone know anything about it? Gen in NBL
Sir Edward Knatchbull's Act of 1722-3 — For Amending the Laws relating to the Settlement, Imployment and Relief of the Poor (9 Geo. I c.7) enabled workhouses to be set up by parishes either singly, or in combination with neighbouring parishes. http://www.workhouses.org.uk/ I don't subscribe to the Northumbria list so don't know what replies you have had from there Stan Mapstone On 22 August 2010 12:49, gen listlass <genlistlass@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Apparently there are records in DRO of a Woodside Poor House around 1769, > seeAccount book of overseers, including assessments of poor rate, receipts > and memoranda, 1745 – 1771 (EP/Ryt 7/1) > Paupers refused to go the the House but payments were made there. > I have several books on Ryton but there seems to be no mention of the > Woodside Poor House. It was probably located at Ryton Woodside but I cannot > find anything more about it. It precedes formal workhouses introduced after > the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. However after googling around a bit, there > were several pre-Act workhouses in Exeter and Abingdon. > Anyone know anything about it? > > Gen in NBL > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > To Post a message to this list send it to, > DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com > > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > List Web Page > http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamgenealogy/index.phtml > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUR-NBL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >