Southwell NG25, Notts.
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Southwell NG25, Notts.
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 25 May 2013
Hill House from Becher's Walk. The former home of the Rev. John T. Becher (1770-1848) now consists of apartments. Becher was prebendary and vicar-general of Southwell in 1818. Besides his clerical duties, he was chairman of the Quarter Sessions for the northern division of Nottingham for 30 years until his resignation in April 1836. He had an interest in social economics and designed the parish workhouse at Southwell in 1808. He advocated strictness, segregation and economy in workhouses and believed that they should be operated with tenderness towards the infirm and the guiltless poor whilst rejecting the overwhelming advances of idle, profligate and sturdy pauperism. His view that workhouses should be unpleasant enough to deter all but the most needy was the basis of the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, which set up Poor Law Unions across the country. The footpath descends towards from Burgage Lane to Church Street and the Minster though two recreational meadows managed by the Council.
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Image Location
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53.078498
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-0.949646