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Non-Medical Public and Private Facilities > Housing > Almshouses > Workhouses
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Preferred term

Workhouses  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Poorhouse
  • Poorhouses

Scope note

  • An establishment offering relief for the destitute poor in an area, funded from the local poor tax, which provided some combination of communal accommodation and a requirement for inmates, particularly the able-bodies, to perform work. (from Workhouses.org.uk accessed 12/11/2019).

History note

  • 2021; use Poorhouses (1996-2020)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000082483

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