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Title: Hospital for 4 Poor Women in Worlaby
Post by: cousinjack on Tuesday 08 June 10 16:05 BST (UK)

George Walker was a blacksmith who lived at the Hospital for 4 poor women in Worlaby with his family for many years in the mid-19th Century.

Can anybody suggest why a presumably able bodied working man lived in a charitable institution - could he have been an employee?

And does anyone know whether the charity, or indeed the building, still exists? I have got the basic info from the usual sources, but would like to find out more from someone with local knowledge.

Cousin Jack

Title: Re: Hospital for 4 Poor Women in Worlaby
Post by: Geoff-E on Tuesday 08 June 10 17:14 BST (UK)

Try here (later perhaps)  for image http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1441115

http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/44/11/1441115_ff9a6465.jpg

Title: Re: Hospital for 4 Poor Women in Worlaby
Post by: cousinjack on Tuesday 08 June 10 21:22 BST (UK)

Thanks for the photographic link - so it still exists as a private house. It's quite a place to live.

Cousin Jack

Title: Re: Hospital for 4 Poor Women in Worlaby
Post by: Geoff-E on Tuesday 08 June 10 22:04 BST (UK)

Google StreetView http://tinyurl.com/38x3kp9