Strand House, Winchelsea, the Glossary
Strand House was the Parish Workhouse of the Sussex town of Winchelsea known as the "Old Poor Houses".[1]
Table of Contents
24 relations: Bastide, Beckley, East Sussex, Brede, East Sussex, Casement window, Census in the United Kingdom, Clapboard, Close studding, English Channel, Gascony, Hall house, Icklesham, J. M. W. Turner, Northiam, Plaster, Playden, Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, River Brede, Rubble masonry, Rye, East Sussex, Sussex, Timber framing, Udimore, Winchelsea, Workhouse.
- Winchelsea
- Workhouses in England
Bastide
Bastides are fortified new towns built in medieval Languedoc, Gascony, Aquitaine, England and Wales during the 13th and 14th centuries, although some authorities count Mont-de-Marsan and Montauban, which was founded in 1144, as the first bastides.
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Beckley, East Sussex
Beckley is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England.
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Brede, East Sussex
Brede is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England.
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Casement window
A casement window is a window that is attached to its frame by one or more hinges at the side.
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Census in the United Kingdom
Coincident full censuses have taken place in the different jurisdictions of the United Kingdom every ten years since 1801, with the exceptions of 1941 (during the Second World War), Ireland in 1921/Northern Ireland in 1931, and Scotland in 2021.
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Clapboard
Clapboard, also called bevel siding, lap siding, and weatherboard, with regional variation in the definition of those terms, is wooden siding of a building in the form of horizontal boards, often overlapping.
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Close studding
Close studding is a form of timber work used in timber-framed buildings in which vertical timbers (studs) are set close together, dividing the wall into narrow panels.
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English Channel
The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.
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Gascony
Gascony (Gascogne; Gasconha; Gaskoinia) was a province of the southwestern Kingdom of France that succeeded the Duchy of Gascony (602–1453).
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Hall house
The hall house is a type of vernacular house traditional in many parts of England, Wales, Ireland and lowland Scotland, as well as northern Europe, during the Middle Ages, centring on a hall.
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Icklesham
Icklesham is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England.
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J. M. W. Turner
Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 177519 December 1851), known in his time as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist.
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Northiam
Northiam is a village and civil parish in the Rother district, in East Sussex, England, 13 miles (21 km) north of Hastings in the valley of the River Rother.
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Plaster
Plaster is a building material used for the protective or decorative coating of walls and ceilings and for moulding and casting decorative elements.
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Playden
Playden is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England.
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Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 (PLAA) known widely as the New Poor Law, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by the Whig government of Earl Grey denying the right of the poor to subsistence.
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River Brede
The River Brede is an English river in East Sussex.
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Rubble masonry
Rubble masonry or rubble stone is rough, uneven building stone not laid in regular courses.
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Rye, East Sussex
Rye is a town and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England, from the sea at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede.
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Sussex
Sussex (/ˈsʌsɪks/; from the Old English Sūþsēaxe; lit. 'South Saxons') is an area within South East England which was historically a kingdom and, later, a county.
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Timber framing
Timber framing and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs.
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Udimore
Udimore is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England.
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Winchelsea
Winchelsea is a town in the county of East Sussex, England, located between the High Weald and the Romney Marsh, approximately south west of Rye and north east of Hastings.
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Workhouse
In Britain and Ireland, a workhouse (lit. "poor-house") was an institution where those unable to support themselves financially were offered accommodation and employment.
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See also
Winchelsea
- Battle of Winchelsea
- Blackfriars, Winchelsea
- Greyfriars, Winchelsea
- St Leonard's Mill, Winchelsea
- Strand House, Winchelsea
- The Armoury, Winchelsea
- Winchelsea
- Winchelsea (UK Parliament constituency)
- Winchelsea Court Hall
- Winchelsea Court Hall Museum
- Winchelsea railway station
Workhouses in England
- Brownlow Hill infirmary
- Easingwold Union Workhouse
- Eastville Workhouse
- Headley Grange
- Huddersfield workhouse scandal
- Portwey Hospital
- St Luke's Hospital, Rugby
- Strand House, Winchelsea
- Thomas Penson
- Union Building, Aldershot
- Watford General Hospital
- Workhouse Visiting Society
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strand_House,_Winchelsea
Also known as Strand House, The Strand, Winchelsea.