“There was a Poor House, Froyle, (Workhouse Cottages), in 1806, and now called Brecklands. Meetings of the Overseers were held alternately at the Hen & Chicken and Anchor, and occasionally at the Poor House. The Poor House was converted to cottages in about 1835. Several meetings were held at the Checkers, (or Chequers), at Well.” (Tom Knight 1933)

“A substantial red brick Poor House was built in Lower Froyle in 1806. It was converted to cottages in 1835 when Froyle, with 20 other parishes, came into the Alton Union. Until recently they were known as Workhouse Cottages, but the name has been changed to Brecklands. When a Poor House the Overseers of the Poor met here in turn with the Hen & Chicken and the Anchor.” (Froyle W.I.Scrapbook 1952)

“Brecklands, Lower Froyle. Two storeys. Red brick with brick cornice. Hipped tiled roof. Casement windows. Originally a Workhouse until Alton Workhouse was built in 1793.”

	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891
1	William Frost	William Gilham	William Beckhurst	George Neal	Henry Baker
2	John White	William Bunce	John Neale	James Neal	James Neale	James Neal
3	Charles Neal	James Rampton	Richard Lunn	John Neal	John Neal	Harriet Neal
4	Moses Marlow	Jane Willis	Jane Willis
5	Richard Lunn	Fanny Rampton	Frances Rampton
6		George Reed	James Baker
7		William Port	William Bowers
8		Richard Lunn	Uninhabited

In the 1861 Census the first three (Beckhurst, Neal& Lunn) were recorded as living in the Old Workhouse, while the others (Willis, Rampton & Baker) were living in Workhouse Cottages. One of these was uninhabited. From then on they were shown living in Workhouse Lane. By 1871 there are only three families remaining in Workhouse Lane - from this it would seem that the original Workhouse complex was reduced in size, probably by the demolition of those parts of it attached to the main building.The modern-day Brecklands is now a single private house.