Use for places of confinement and correction, established since the 16th century, using hard labor and strict discipline as reformative measures for lesser offenders, vagrants, and disabled or elderly poor. For welfare buildings providing charitable care and work for the poor, use "almshouses."
AAT
30006490
bettering houses
bridewell houses
bridewells
correction, houses of
houses of correction
houses, bettering
houses, bridewell
houses, work
work houses
13yrs ago
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