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Charity Workhouse, Forrest Road
Unknown, 1820, Engraving
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Charity Workhouse, Forrest Road
Charity Workhouse, Forrest Road
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Item no
5862
Title
Forrest Road - old print of Charity Workhouse (now demolished)
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Artist / maker
Unknown
Engraver
J & HS Storer
Date
1820
Size
9.6 x 14.5 cm
Type
Engraving
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
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Copyright
Edinburgh's Charity Workhouse, built in 1743, stood immediately to the west of what is now Forrest Road. The Charity Workhouse and the nearby Bedlam were all removed in the 1870's, and a new poorhouse was established in Craiglockhart.
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