Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
Inverurie operated a parochial poorhouse or almshouse from at least the 1860s. It was locally administered rather than operating as a statutory poorhouse under the central Board of Supervision.
The premises were located at the west side of North Street although are identified as a poorhouse only on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1869. The establishment comprised a row of four cottages which still stood in the 1970s. Marketmuir Court sheltered housing now stands on the site.
Inmates
Records
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- Aberdeen City Archives, Town House, Broad Street, Aberdeen AB10 1AQ, and Old Aberdeen House, Dunbar Street, Aberdeen AB24 3UJ. {the records were apparently destroyed in a fire after being transferred to Aberdeen.]
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