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  1. Liverpool Workhouse Hospital

    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Edwards View Post
    Liverpool Workhouse Hospital

    From is very early years of growth, Liverpool was able to attract labour to man its ships, and work its docks and transport, by absorbing the natural drift of people into the country and by the importation of workers from Ireland and elsewhere. The population in Liverpool had vastly increased by the end of the 18th and early 19th centuries, especially with emigrants from Ireland. Some of these were in transit to America or elsewhere, and instead of continuing
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