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Hospital for 4 Poor Women in Worlaby
« 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.

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Re: Hospital for 4 Poor Women in Worlaby
« Reply #2 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.

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Re: Hospital for 4 Poor Women in Worlaby
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 08 June 10 22:04 BST (UK) »
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