Full Description
Doughty's Hospital, an almshouse in Norwich, was founded by a bequest in the will of William Doughty in 1687 and continues to thrive to this day. In this detailed history, the Hospital itself is contextualised within the broader history of the city of Norwich and its various philanthropic initiatives, as well as within the wider history of philanthropy and social policy. The growth and development of Doughty's almshouse is traced through local documentary evidence as well as through census returns and the reports of the poor law commissioners, whilst the authors have also used oral-history interviews with current residents and recent and current staff and trustees. Having set out the long-term historical foundations of social welfare, the book focuses on the Hospital and considers key aspects of its history, including its residents, staffing, financial management and the rise of state regulation. The authors undertake a broad survey of philanthropy across more than three centuries, giving insights into changes in social welfare up to the present day.With chapters on the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as a detailed look at this notable almshouse as it has evolved today, this book makes a valuable contribution to the history of social welfare.
Contents
1 The origins of the almshouse in medieval England 2 Early modern philanthropy and poor relief 3 Medieval and early-modern Norwich 4 The bequest of William Doughty 5 In and out of the fire: the achievement of financial stability 6 Managing the institution 7 Social welfare in nineteenth-century England 8 Philanthropy in Victorian Norwich 9 Doughty's Hospital and the rise of state regulation 10 Finance and refurbishment 11 Of masters and men 12 Philanthropy in the age of modern welfare 13 Twentieth-century Norwich 14 Doughty's and the welfare state 15 Finance and development, 1908-90 16 Staffing Doughty's 17 Doughty's residents 18 Housing policy and the rise of the voluntary sector 19 Twenty-first century Norwich 20 Rules and regulations 21 From bedsits to bedrooms 22 'Inside out and all change': evolving staffing structures 23 Modern-day residents
