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Title: "North Poorhouse" in Paisley?
Post by: tmilanese on Thursday 01 August 13 19:58 BST (UK)

I have the following birth record:

Mary JAMIESON 3rd July 1895, North Poorhouse Paisley
Mother: Mary JAMIESON (Farm Servant) of 28 P?????? Road, Glasgow

Does anyone know what another name for the "NORTH POORHOUSE" would of been in 1895?  Also, where would the POOR records for this place be today? 

Thanks! This child could be my great grandmother!

Title: Re: "North Poorhouse" in Paisley?
Post by: CaroleW on Thursday 01 August 13 23:42 BST (UK)

Hi

I don't know whether this is any help

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Paisley/

Title: Re: "North Poorhouse" in Paisley?
Post by: TeaQueen on Sunday 04 August 13 00:45 BST (UK)

Hi,

All poor law records are stored in the Heritage Library on Paisley High Street. If your family made a claim, there should be a record available.

I hope you find them

Title: Re: "North Poorhouse" in Paisley?
Post by: chinny on Monday 12 August 13 19:08 BST (UK)

Hi Tmilianese, I have Jamieson from paisley in my tree but in the early 1800.George jamieson who married Ann Cochran.             good luck kevin

Title: Re: "North Poorhouse" in Paisley?
Post by: hidecote on Tuesday 10 September 13 16:22 BST (UK)

hi, the North Poorhouse was also known as the Abbey Poorhouse, it was on Craw Road and the buildings were incorporated into the RAI hospital many years ago and now its space has houses on it.  There are however 2 original detached houses still there.  Craw Road is just over from Neilston Road at Stock Street.  The other poorhouse was the Burgh Poorhouse which was the other side of the railway at Old Sneddon Street at Hospital Lane (no longer there).  It was the Lunatic Asylum which then added a poorhouse, my ancestor Rebecca Menzies was an inmate in the 1850s when it was a dreadful time in Paisley, Cholera again rampant loss of weaving due to worldwide changes.  What a dreadful time it must have been.  Hope this answers if not come on back  cheers,

Title: Re: "North Poorhouse" in Paisley?
Post by: davieboy on Wednesday 11 September 13 23:08 BST (UK)

Im not so sure about the location you mention.

There was a poorhouse at the junction of what is now Albion St & Love St and adjacent to the old St Mirren Park. There was an asylum and possibility a poorhouse in Craw Rd but I dont think it was ever the "North Poorhouse" as Craw Road is firmly in the "South" end of Paisley.

Title: Re: "North Poorhouse" in Paisley?
Post by: RJ_Paton on Thursday 12 September 13 10:01 BST (UK)

I would agree that the Abbey Poorhouse in Craw Road was known as the Paisley Poorhouse but it is definitely in the Southside of the town and is extremely unlikely to have been called the North Poorhouse. I believe that the Burgh Poorhouse which was an older institution and which was in the Sneddon area may have co-existed for a short time before it was closed down and Craw Road became the only Poorhouse