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From: Peter G Higginbotham <>
Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Parish poorhouse locations
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:54:47 +0100
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Hi Charlotte,
thanks for that. Peterhead is one I've already managed to locate
(on Ugie Street).
The ones I listed are the main ones I'm still hunting for.
All best wishes,
Peter

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> My great great grandmother died at a poorhouse at Poors Lodging House, Peterhead, Scotland.
> If this is any help to you.
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> Charlotte
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> Dear All,
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> I'm trying to locate some of Aberdeenshire's small parish-run
> "poorhouses" - i.e. the local and rather informally run establishments
> or dwellings rather than the larger city or "combination" workhouses.
> Although some of these were short-lived, quite a few were in operation
> for fifty years or more. Even so, their exact locations can be
> surprisingly difficult to pinpoint, particularly as they are often
> identified just by parish they fell within. I wonder therefore, if
> anyone in the course of their researches has come across the locations
> of the poorhouse establishments in the following parishes:
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> Forgue
> Insch
> Kinnellar
> Crathie/Braemar
> Leslie
> New Machar
> St Fergus
> Strichen
> Turriff
> Udny
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> Thanks for any help!
> Peter Higginbotham
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