Prison with a Milder Name: Shipmeadow House of Industry, 1766-1800

Author(s): Goodwyn, E A

Binding:	Softcover
Volume Condition:	Very Good
Dust Jacket:	No
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Printed by Bidnalls of Beccles
Publication Year:	1987
Publication Place:	Beccles, UK
ISBN:	9780950010793
Book ID:	015601
Catalogue(s):	Local Interest and History - East of England

48pp stapled booklet, illustrated, in laminated card covers. 8vo. Covers are a little faded around edges and spine, previous owner's blind embossed stamp on first leaf, else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. A history of the House of Industry - a replacement for the old poor houses erected in 1766 - in the village of Shipmeadow in the Waveney Valley.

Keywords:

Poorhouses Poor Law Houses of Industry Shipmeadow Suffolk