THE ancestors of Britney Spears and David Beckham, together withthe marriage record of Oliver...By KirbyTerry
Upton gives us a flavour of the type of people admitted and of those who were treated both as inpatients and on an outpatient basis at the infirmary's dispensary, opened in 1874. However, Upton is restricted in his task here by the lack of surviving workhouse records before the establishment...
Using a combination of poor law records, shipping records, newspapers, government reports and criminal statistics, this article traces the fortunes of the single Irish workhouse girls. Irish Poor Law registers can be notoriously tricky to negotiate and present many problems for historians. Periodically...
The historical records reveal that amongst high child mortality rates, the well-being of the children was in fact a priority for workhouse officials. Though many died, a large number of children's lives would also have been saved in the institution....