1813 Report of the State of the Poor in the Parish of Burslem - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
This document provides an account of benefit payments in Burslem at the end of January 1813.
In 1811, the town's population had been 8,625.
In January 1813, 1,335 of these were receiving relief ...
1813 Report of the State of the Poor in the Parish of Burslem - Enoch Wood Scrapbook
This list, compiled by Burslem's Parish Churchwardens, reveals some of the town's unemployment problems in the period around Christmas 1812 and January of the following year.
The rates
'Rates' collected ...
1813 Report on the State of the Poor in the Parish of Burslem - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
This document provides an account of benefit payments in Burslem at the end of January 1813.
In 1811, the town's population had been 8,625.
In January 1813, 1,335 of these were receiving relief ...
A House of Industry for Burslem and Wolstanton? News of a meeting from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
This meeting was held on Tuesday 18 February 1794 to discuss the possibility of building a House of Industry to administer relief to the poor of Burslem and Wolstanton.
Parliament will have to agree ...
A List of Persons Receiving Relief from the Parish of Wolstanton - from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Family historians may relish this revealing booklet, which reports on the poverty suffered by the residents of Wolstanton, in Newcastle-under-Lyme, during 1830-1.
It was commissioned by a parish committee ...
Burslem and Wolstanton Poor Union - a document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
In the 1790s, the expense of providing relief to the poor fell upon local parishes in Stoke-on-Trent.
This document outlines a meeting held to discuss sharing the costs between Burslem and nearby Wolstanton.
The ...
Chell Workhouse, Turnhurst Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan shows some of the doors, windows and fireplaces of Chell workhouse. Workhouses date back to the 17th century and were set up as places that provided work, often in return for food and lodging, ...
City General Hospital from Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
The front of the City General Hospital seen from Newcastle Road (A34). The view today is very different, with the buildings in the photograph demolished and replaced by the modern units of North Staffordshire ...
Female imbecile ward, Stoke workhouse, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of the female imbecile ward (so called at the time) built in 1894 at Stoke workhouse on Newcastle Road. Workhouses were originally meant to be places where the poor could work in return for ...
Fern Cottage, Trentham parish workhouse
This plan is of Fern Cottage, Trentham parish workhouse. Parish workhouses began in the 17th and 18th centuries as places where the poor worked in return for food and board. The workhouses were frequently ...
House of Industry and Court of Requests - A document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
A meeting is to be held at Hanley Market Hall on Wednesday 5 February 1794, at 11am.
A new House of Industry?
Gentlemen in the local parishes of Stoke-upon-Trent, Burslem and Wolstanton have agreed ...
Inland Navigation - Pamphlet
This pamphlet, entitled Inland Navigation, outlines the contribution of the Trent and Mersey Canal to the relief of the poor in Stoke-on-Trent.
Should the canal be exempt from payment?
Often when ...
List of the Poor relieved by the Parish of Burslem - from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
In 1812, hard times were hitting the Potteries.
War with Napoleon's French Empire had damaged Britain's trade, while bad harvests had caused food prices to rocket at market.
Unable to export their ...
Male imbecile ward, Stoke workhouse, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of the male imbecile ward (so called at the time) built in 1894 at Stoke workhouse on Newcastle Road. Workhouses were originally meant to be places where the poor could work in return for ...
Newchapel & Goldenhill Station, Stoke-on-Trent
Newchapel & Goldenhill station was on the Potteries Loop Line between the two settlements of Newchapel (to the north)and Goldenhill (to the south). The station was opened in 1874 and originally known ...
Parish Hospital, Stoke workhouse, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of the parish hospital at Stoke workhouse. It was built in 1842, in response to the increasing number of ill people who came to the workhouse, and held about 80 patients.
Diagrams (clockwise ...
School block, Stoke workhouse, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of the new school block at Stoke workhouse which was built between 1866 and 1868. The school accomodated about 250 students and was open until around 1899 when it was decided that the children ...
School block, Stoke workhouse, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of the school block of Stoke workhouse. The block was constructed in 1842 at the smae time as the hospital.
Workhouses began in the 17th and 18th centuries as places where the poor worked ...