Burslem:
Burslem's
workhouse was built in the 1780's at Greenhead and extended in 1835 to hold
300 people. Paupers were employed in local factories and brought in an income
of £100 per year and the parish was reluctant to lose this. It was,
nevertheless, joined with Wolstanton after the Poor Law Amendment Act and a
new joint workhouse built.
also see Poverty and the North
Staffordshire Workhouses
