A Wisbech history author has written a new book on the old town workhouse
A town historian has written a book about an old building in the area which used to cause dread among residents.
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A town historian has written a book about an old building in the area which used to cause dread among residents.
Last week I wrote about the history of St John’s Church, Dewsbury Moor, and said how lucky we are that this beautiful church is still with us 200 years later.
Last week I wrote about the history of St John’s Church, Dewsbury Moor, and said how lucky we are that this beautiful church is still with us 200 years later.
Digitized records show it was not just the poor who perished in the Famine, Irish doctors, lawyers, and once solidly middle-class families flocked and perished in Dublin workhouses during the Great Hunger too.
How the beloved Kerry town, Dingle, suffered during the Great Hunger and became "one monster pauper asylum". A history of the misery endured by the impoverished and starving at Dingle Workhouse during the Irish Famine.