poorhouse

Converse of object

• have: Up to 1834 Pontefract had a poorhouse called Bead House which was closed down in 1811.
• erect: Up to 1834 In 1728, a proposal to erect a poorhouse in Bury was rejected by the Vestry meeting.
• operate: A small poorhouse operated in the village of Milton in West Farlam.
• build: In 1744 it was decided to remedy this by building a poorhouse.
• enter: For paupers entering the poorhouse, life was strictly regulated.

Preposition: for

parish: History of the Western General Hospital The Western General Hospital has its origins in the poorhouse for the parish of St. Cuthbert's.

Adjective modifier

• new: However, a new poorhouse was built in 1850 at the east side of North Junction Street.
• old: His replacement was Mr Samuel Thorncroft, who had held a minor position in the old poorhouse.
• former: Crantock possible former poorhouse, 2005. © Peter Higginbotham.
• existing: Initially, the new Leyburn Union workhouse adopted the existing town poorhouse.
• small: Up to 1834 A small poorhouse called Stone Dene existed on North Street in Wetherby.
• early: The Highlands and Islands Most of the earlier poorhouses were erected in Scotland's more highly populated southern lowlands.

Modifies a noun

• building: In 1946, as part of preparations for the setting up of the National Health Service, many former poorhouse buildings were evaluated.
• plan.: Omoa poorhouse hospital staff block plan. © Peter Higginbotham.
• record: For now our attention turns to poorhouse records in general.

Noun used with modifier

• parish: Old Monkland, situated to the east of Glasgow, erected a parish poorhouse at the south of what is now School Road.
• page: Return to top of page Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc Details of Poor Law Unions in Warwickshire, from Rossbret.
• combination: Buchan erected a Combination poorhouse at Bank Road to the south of New Maud.