Combination Poorhouses and Homes

Scope and Content
Administrative and daily care records for the Atholl, Weem and Breadalbane Combination Poorhouse, the Upper Strathearn Combination Poorhouse and their successor institutions.
Administrative / Biographical History
Under the terms of the Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict., c.83) groups of parishes could combine in order to provide indoor relief for the poor. They built poorhouses in order to house the poor who could not work or were too young or old to work.
In 1948 poorhouses were abolished, and many of the buildings evolved into residential and care homes for elderly, infirm, or handicapped persons.
Arrangement
Organised into sub-fonds to reflect the insitiutions and their organisation and development, and chronologically within each record series within each sub fonds
Access Information
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Conditions Governing Use
Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements, copyright and data protection restrictions. Charges are made for this service. Applications should be made to Archive staff.

Scope and Content