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Records in this collection
- Britain, Executions 1606-1955
- Bury Union Workhouse (Jericho Institution) Admission Registers
- Bury Workhouse Creed Registers
- Bury Workhouse Discharge Registers
- Chertsey Poor Law Union Admission and Discharge Books post-1900
- Chertsey Poor Law Union Admission and Discharge Books pre-1900
- Cheshire Workhouse Records (Baptisms)
- Cheshire Workhouse Records (Births)
- Cheshire Workhouse Records (Burials)
- Cheshire Workhouse Records (Deaths)
- Cheshire Workhouse Records, Admissions and Discharges
- Cheshire Workhouse Records, Religious Creeds
- City of York calendars of prisoners 1739-1851
- City of York hearth & window tax 1665-1778
- Cobham, Reed’s School Annual Reports 1818-1901
- Derbyshire hospital admissions and deaths 1892-1913
- Derbyshire hospital admissions and deaths 1892-1913
- Derbyshire Workhouse Reports
- Devon, Plymouth Prison Records 1832-1919
- Devon, Tavistock Borough Court Luxton Manuscripts, 1839-1896
- Dorking Poor Law Union Application and Report Books 1837-1847
- England & Wales, paupers in workhouses 1860
- England and Wales, Crime, Prisons and Punishment 1770-1935
- Farnham Board of Guardians Minute Books 1872-1910
- Godstone Poor Law Union Application and Report Books 1869-1915
- Guildford Infirmary Deaths 1933-1939
- Guildford Workhouse Births 1866-1910
- Guildford Workhouse Deaths 1887-1914
- Hambledon Board of Guardians Minute Books 1836-1910
- Hampshire, Portsmouth Hospital Records
- Hampshire, Portsmouth Workhouse Registers
- Hampshire, Portsmouth, Portsea Island Rate Books
- Ireland, Licences to Keep Arms 1832-1836
- Ireland, Ulster Covenant 1912
- Irish Tontines Annuitants 1766-1789 - Annuities
- Irish Tontines Annuitants 1766-1789 - Deaths
- Irish Tontines Annuitants 1766-1789 - Marriages
- Kent, Bexley Asylum Minute Books, 1901-1939
- Lancashire, Manchester cholera victims 1832
- Lincolnshire Poor Law Removals 1665 - 1865
- Lincolnshire Settlement Certificates 1675 - 1860
- Lincolnshire Settlement Examinations 1721 - 1861
- Lincolnshire, Workhouse Guardians' Minutes
- Lincolnshire, Workhouse Guardians' Minutes - Bourne
- Lincolnshire, Workhouse Guardians' Minutes - Caistor
- Liverpool Workhouse Registers
- London, Bethlem Hospital Patient Admission Registers and Casebooks 1683-1932
- Mayford Industrial School Admissions 1895-1907
- Middlesex, Harrow School photographs of pupils & masters 1869-1925
- Middlesex, London, Old Bailey Court records 1674-1913
- National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870-1914
- Princess Mary Village Homes Pupils 1870-1890s
- Prison ship (Hulk) Registers 1811-1843
- Redhill, Royal Philanthropic School Admission Registers 1788-1906
- Richmond Poor Law Union Application and Report Books 1870-1911
- Roxburghshire, Kelso Dispensary Patient Registers 1777-1781
- Royal Society of Arts Membership Lists and Minute Books
- Scotland prison registers index 1828-1884
- Scotland, Buchanan Society Members 1725-1948
- Scotland, Edinburgh Temperance Pledges 1886-1908
- Scotland, Inverness-Shire, Dores Free Church Adherents 1893
- Scotland, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), poorhouse records 1859-1912
- South Yorkshire Asylum, Admission Records
- Southwark Poor Law Records
- Surrey County Gaol Deaths 1798-1878
- Surrey feet of fines 1558-1760
- Surrey feet of fines place list
- Surrey Quarter Sessions 1780 -1820
- Surrey, Southwark, St Saviour Poor Relief 1818-1821
- Warlingham Military Hospital Chaplain's Department baptisms, confirmations and deaths 1917-1919
- Warwickshire bastardy index
- Warwickshire, Coventry workhouse admission and discharge registers 1853-1946
- Warwickshire, Coventry, Vehicle Registration Plates (1921-1944)
- Warwickshire, Coventry, Vehicle Registrations 1921-1944
- Westminster, poor law and parish administration - Admissions
- Westminster, poor law and parish administration - Apprentices
- Westminster, poor law and parish administration - Bastardy
- Westminster, poor law and parish administration - Examinations
- Westminster, poor law and parish administration - Land tax
- Westminster, poor law and parish administration - Paupers
- Westminster, poor law and parish administration - Poor law and workhouse records
- Westminster, poor law and parish administration - Valuations
- Wiltshire Asylum Registers, 1789-1921
- Woking, St Peter’s Memorial Home Patients 1885-1908
- Women’s Suffrage Petition 1866
- Yorkshire, Sheffield Crime Courts and Convicts 1737-1938
- Yorkshire, Sheffield Crime Courts And Convicts 1769-1931
- Yorkshire, Sheffield social and institutional records 1558-1939
- Yorkshire, Sheffield, asylum & hospital admissions & subscriptions 1748-1937
- Yorkshire, Sheffield, Workhouse Admissions 1700-1915
Find your ancestors in Scotland, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), poorhouse records 1859-1912
Did your Scottish ancestor spend time in the poorhouse of Linlithgowshire (West Lothian)? The records may present you with your ancestor’s admission date, behaviour during stay, previous residence, and more.
Every result will give you a transcript of a poorhouse record created by the West Lothian Family History Society. Most records will comprise these basic facts:
- Name
- Sex
- Age
- Birth year
- Event year
- Place
- Document type
- Parish chargeable – the parish financially responsible for the individual
- County and country
This collection of poorhouse records includes six different types of documents, and each type will provide additional details. The codument types include:
- Linlithgow Poorhouse Admissions 1894-1910
- Linlithgow Poorhouse Death Register 1859-1912
- Linlithgow Poorhouse Deaths & Discharges 1894-1910
- Linlithgow Poorhouse Lunatic Discharges 1860-1909
- Linlithgow Poorhouse Register of Lunatics 1859-1909
- Linlithgow Poorhouse Roll of Sick 1907-1910
Discover more about these records
The records in this collection were transcribed by the West Lothian Family History Society. They can give you details about your ancestor’s stay at the Linlithgow poorhouse including the length of stay, physical condition, behaviour during stay, and when your ancestor was discharged. In the records, we have found Jane O’Neill, a 66-year-old woman from Muiravonside. She had spent 13 days in the poorhouse. Her conduct was good and she was discharged at her own request. In some cases, you may find a number of records for one person. Many individuals passed through the poorhouse numerous times as they were trapped in a cycle of poverty.
The Poor Law (Scotland) Act of 1845 created a system of poorhouses or almshouses in Scotland. They were responsible for giving relief to paupers in the local area. However, a stay in the poorhouse was not meant to be pleasant and was only done as a last result. Despite the hardships of a stay in the poorhouse, they did provide regular meals and medical attention to those who needed it.
The records also include admissions to the lunatic section of the poorhouse. The term lunatics, although it sounds negative, reflects the terminology and beliefs of that time. In the early years of the poorhouses, individuals with mental health disorders were admitted to the poorhouses. Separate buildings or asylums were then built after 1875. In the records, you will find cases of individuals discharged from the poorhouse and then admitted to the asylum. For example, John Forrest, a pauper, spent 4 years, 2 months, and 2 days at the Linlithgow poorhouse lunatic section. He was sent to the poorhouse by the sheriff of Lothians. On 23 November 1883, Forrest was discharged and sent to the parochial asylum in Lenzie because his condition had not improved.