Craighleigh Poorhouse Edinburgh

Marion J. Kuhn · Post by **Marion J. Kuhn** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:42 pm

Hello All,

I have a relative, James Innes, who died in 1897 in the Craighleigh Poorhouse in Edinburgh, age 82, occupation pauper. I have tried a number of times to find information about this poorhouse and where he migh be possibly buried but have been unsuccessful. The person who was the informant on his death certificate was the Asst Governor of the poorhouse, does anyone know of this poorhouse and know where I might find information on where my rellie is buried or any other information which might be pertinent to this relative.

Thanking in advance

Marion

Post by **AndrewP** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:52 pm

Hi Marion,

The place will probably be (St Cuthbert's) Craigleith Poorhouse. The main building is now part of the Western General Hospital.

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/ ... erts.shtml

One nagging doubt - check the place name for sure - there was also Craiglockhart Poorhouse on the other side of the city.

All the best,

AndrewP

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:40 pm

Very sadly, the relevant local authority involved at the time, - some 20 or 30 years ago, - took the decision to incinerate the detailed Edinburgh Poor Relief records ....................

David

Marion J. Kuhn · Post by **Marion J. Kuhn** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 6:54 pm

Thank you both for your reply. Death Cert does state Craighleigh but I guess if their records were destroyed haven't got any hope of finding anything anyway.

I think I am going to cry

So sad........

Marion

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:58 pm

Hi Marion & all
I don't think this is going to be a great help to you personally Marion, but it may help someone else in a similar position - it appears that Edinburgh City Archives have some records for Craiglockhart Poorhouse from 1859-1963. Quite what the actual content of these records might be, I don't know. It may just be stuff like plans or board meetings or whatever, so may not be of any great use to the family historian looking for mention of inmates' names. In addition they also hold records for St Cuthbert's/West Kirk Charity Workhouse, which it seems was what later became Craigleith... but no dates are suggested for these records, so not really a great deal of help....

Best wishes
Lesley

Marion J. Kuhn · Post by **Marion J. Kuhn** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 2:50 pm

Thanks Lesley! Maybe it willhelp someone else.

Marion