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This is a detailed history of the union workhouse in Devizes, Wiltshire, and its subsequent history as St James's hospital, with details of buildings and people associated with it. It includes the setting up of the Devizes Union, the child inmates, the guardians and staff, health issues and mortality, vagrants, and the later history with reminiscences.
About the author
Having lost her father at a young age and her husband when her children were little, Barbara Fuller is familiar with loss, grief, and sorrow. It was in the Gospel of John that she met Jesus and found comfort and hope for her life. As a pastor and missionary, she has often turned to John's gospel and believes that in its pages people will find a transforming love.
Barbara has a Master of Divinity degree, and has been a student and teacher of the Bible for many years. A native of Nova Scotia, she now lives in Kamloops, British Columbia, with her good buddy, Toby, a chocolate Labrador retriever. She's also not far away from her daughter and four of her six grand-darlings. She is Director of inLight Bible Studies for RSVP Ministries.
RSVP Ministries is a national Christian charity that invites people to faith in God through Jesus, inspires them to grow and invest generously in others.
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