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Bob Dobson · 28-06-2015, 20:55

I have not come across this before. I think that the censuses will provide the answer as to the occupants and use of the building .I think Church was in the Blackburn Poor Law Union from c1837 so from that time, vagrants and the poor would use the workhouse at Queen's Park. The building could have been a commercially-owned lodging house. There is a website - Google 'workhouses' but I don't think that Church will be mentioned. 'Model' meant that it was operated on the government-approved model for
such establishments. It might also appear in early directories. I have heard of sleeping on ropes as being cheaper than in a bed.

28-06-2015, 20:55	#2
Bob Dobson Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Staining, Blackpool Posts: 3,096 Liked: 407 times Rep Power: 158676	Re: Model Lodging House At Church I have not come across this before. I think that the censuses will provide the answer as to the occupants and use of the building .I think Church was in the Blackburn Poor Law Union from c1837 so from that time, vagrants and the poor would use the workhouse at Queen's Park. The building could have been a commercially-owned lodging house. There is a website - Google 'workhouses' but I don't think that Church will be mentioned. 'Model' meant that it was operated on the government-approved model for such establishments. It might also appear in early directories. I have heard of sleeping on ropes as being cheaper than in a bed.