Almshouses, Bridge Street, Newcastle-Under-Lyme
View of Almshouses looking north-east taken from St. Giles tower. Prior to their demolition in 1964. They were pulled down to make way for the ring road.
In 1688 the Duke of Albemarle bequeathed £6000 ...
Bridge street, Almshouses, Newcastle-under-Lyme
In 1688 the Duke of Albemarle bequeathed £6000 for the erection and maintenance of almshouses for twenty poor widows. The houses were eventually built in 1743, and had to be demolished in 1964 to make ...
Map of Newcastle-under-Lyme and Silverdale
This map shows Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1925. It also marks the Poor Law Institutions or workhouses on London Road and Keele Road.
Digitisation funded by Heritage Lottery Fund
Newcastle Union Workhouse, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Union workhouses were built in an effort to combat poverty and encourage those who were seen as lazy to work their way out of poverty. They were designed to be as uncomfortable as possible. Men, women ...
Old Almshouses and Bank House, Newcastle-under-Lyme
In 1688 the Duke of Albermarle bequeathed £6000 for the erection and maintenance of almshouses for twenty poor widows. The houses were eventually built in 1743 and are still in use in this photograph ...
Poor Relief Rate Book, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This book lists all those who were receiving 'Poor Relief' in Newcastle in 1848.
After the Poor Relief Amendment Act of 1834, parishes no longer provided relief to their poor, but were grouped together ...