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ONGAR(Chipping)
Union
The
Union comprises 26 parishes containing 11,000 people. The workhouse, at Stanford
Rivers, cost £4416.
Joseph Henry Nicholas, master;
Mrs Mary Sewell, matron.
Source:
Post Office Directory 1846 - p102
Submitted by Betty Longbottom
Inmates
| Workhouses, List of those visited in 1867
With Name of the Workhouse and numbers of insane, idiotic, and
imbecile inmates. |
| WORKHOUSE |
MALE |
FEMALE |
TOTAL |
| Ongar |
2 |
3 |
5 |
| Source: 22nd Report of the Commissioners in
Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor. Submitted by Alan Longbottom. |
Records
Essex
Record Office
Wharf Road,
Chelmsford
CM12 6YT.
Telephone (01245) 244644
ero.enquiry@essexcc.gov.uk
Useful
Links
Link
to Ongar Workhouse
http://www.historyhouse.co.uk/healthandwealth.html
Page updated August 06, 2007
by Rossbret
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