Friday, 4th April 2025
“Northleach Workhouse” – Isabel Harvey
It was a grim existence for those who found themselves at the mercy of life in a Victorian Workhouse. In a typical Cotswold
market town such as Northleach as farming became more mechanized, those already living on the edges of poverty became so
desperate they would find themselves at the gates of the town’s Workhouse. However Isabel Harvey, local history speaker, has
discovered an unlikely story of hope for the girls of Northleach as through the education of them by their remarkable poor house
School Mistress, Jane Hine, it enabled them to find employment and a more secure future.
February/March 2025 – Spring Lunch – date and venue to be confirmed
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