Kingussie & Insh, Inverness-shire
In around 1880, the parish of Kingussie and Insh erected a poorhouse or almshouse which was administered by the Parochial Board rather than operating as a statutory poorhouse under the central Board of Supervision.
The building was located a mile or so to the east of Kingussie. It was not identified as a poorhouse by the Ordnance Survey map of 1901, but was named Laggan Cottage.
The census of 1881 included seven entries for "Laggan Cottages" with a total of seventeen people in residence. In 1904, the establishment was recorded as having accommodation for 7 men or women, with the inmates supervised by a resident nurse.
In the early 1990s, the now much-extended property was converted into holiday accommodation and renamed "The Auld Poor House".
Inmates
Records
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