Looking for clues after receiving death cert

[River Tyne Lass]

Thanks for this suggestion - this could be worth a try.  Although, I know there is usually a 100 year closure on such records.

[stanmapstone]

Oh my!  Thank you Sandblown and Jen.  So from info from Sandblown and website it only became a hospital in 1948 so poor Eliza must have died in the workhouse in 1946!  . Probably better than home though, hopefully she would have received some medical assistance which would not have been available at home.

Workhouses legally ceased to exist on Monday 31st March 1930, after which it became the Guisborough Poor Law Institution. There is a newspaper advert for a situation in 1939 which says apply personally or by letter to the Matron, and another in 1940 for a assistant nurse. So it looks like it was operating as a hospital then.

Stan

[River Tyne Lass]

Thank you Stan for this confirmation.  I must make a note of this date about when workhouses ceased to be for future researching.

All replies much appreciated today.