Hi Peter
Dewsbury in west Yorkshire used to have a workhouse and part of it is now
the hospital.
Lucy Hillam
>From: Peter Higginbotham
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>Reply-To: "From: Local-History list" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Parish workhouses
>Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 14:57:50 +0100
>
>Hi Ruth,
>thanks very much for your message. I visited this one not so long ago and a
>picture now features on my Uxbridge union page.
>All best wishes,
>Peter
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "RPaley" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 2:19 PM
>Subject: Re: Parish workhouses
>
>
> > I can't give you precise information but Ruislip's old workhouse is in
>Ducks
> > Hill Road, Ruislip, Middlesex. I think it was built in the 1790s.and it
>may
> > (or then again may not) be significant that it is near the old common.
>It
> > is now a private house, recently up for sale at a phenomenal price.
> >
> > And echoing others - your site is great. I cannot begin to imagine how
>long
> > it took you to put it together.
> >
> > Ruth Paley
> >
> >
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