Abingdon Workhouse, Oxfordshire, built for the

Abingdon Workhouse, Oxfordshire, built for the Abingdon Union, 1836. The first workhouse in England completed under the provisions of the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. Based on a hexagon, the superintendent's quarters are in the centre with overview of all the separate activities in the different segregared areas. From The Mirror'. (London, 1836)

1834 1836 Abingdon Amendment Hexagon Overview Oxfordshire Provisions Quarters Separate Superintendents

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