This new collection contains 38,959 records from government poorhouses in Edinburgh. It covers:
- Canongate Parochial Board and Charity Workhouse 1824-1834
- Canongate Parochial Board and Charity Workhouse 1835-1853
- Canongate Parochial Board and Charity Workhouse 1846-1848
- Duddingston Parish Council 1898-1901
- Edinburgh Charity Workhouse 1832-1838
- Edinburgh Charity Workhouse 1835-1841
- Edinburgh Charity Workhouse 1839-1841
- Edinburgh Charity Workhouse 1840
- Edinburgh Charity Workhouse 1843-1845
- Edinburgh Charity Workhouse 1845-1846
- Leith Burgh 1817-1823
- St Cuthbert´s Parochial Board and Combination Workhouse 1850-1852
The transcription has provision for: Name, Marital Status, Age, Birth Date, Residence Date, Residence Place, Poor Law Union, Death Date. The linked original register image may show additional information, like Profession.
If you are interested in this area, take some time to browse. You may find additional information on the workhouse regime
Breakfast
For each Pauper one English Pint of Porridge, made with four Ounces of Oat Meal — 1/2 Pint of Milk or Beer, and One Ounce of Salt for each person per day
(If you had ordered a pint in a Scottish tavern in the 1700s, you would have received a much larger serving. The traditional Scots pint—often called a joug—remained in use until roughly 1826.)
Dinner
One Pint of Broth made with two Ounces of Barley, — Cabbage and Greens in proportion — with Ox heads.
Fine Bread, one loaf of 8 ounces.
Supper
To consist of the same quantity of Meal, Milk or Beer as the Breakfast.