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East Ashford Union Workhouse
The Board of Guardians meet alternate Mondays at the Union at 11am. The
population of the Union in 1901 was 13,112, area 54,800 acres, and rateable
value in 1902 £86,100.
The Union of East Ashford comprises the following parishes, viz:- Aldington,
Bilsington, Bircholt, Bonnington, Boughton-Aluph, Brabourne, Brook, Challock,
Chilham, Crundale, Eastwell, Godmersham, Hastingleigh, Hinxhill, Hurst,
Kennington, Mersham, Moldash, Orlestone, Ruckinge, Sevington, Smeeth, Warehorne,
Willesborough and Wye.
| Chairman of the Board of Guardians |
W. Cheesman |
| Clerk to the Guardians and Assessment Committee |
Horace Hamilton |
| Treasurer |
William Francis Bond Jemmett |
| Collector to the Guardians, Relieving and Vaccination Officer
- No. 1 District |
Stephen File |
| Collector to the Guardians, Relieving and Vaccination Officer
- No. 2 District |
George Newport Sutton |
| Superintendent Registrar |
Horace Hamilton |
The Workhouse, Willesborough, a structure of brick, erected in 1837 to hold
350 inmates, with administrative block and Chapel built in 1898.
| George Bailey |
Workhouse Master |
| Mrs Kate Bailey |
Workhouse Matron |
| Rev. Peter Francis Tindall |
Chaplain |
| Charles Mason Atkinson |
Medical Officer |
Page updated August 06, 2007
by Rossbret
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Ashford East