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Bideford Poor Law Union and Workhouse
Erected on Meddon Street, Bideford in 1836 from
designs by G. Gilbert Scott and W. Bonython Moffatt, it could accommodate 200
Inmates.
Bideford
Union - White
Directory
Comprises 18 parishes. The total average annual expenditure on the poor,
during the 3 years preceding the formation of the Union, was £7333, but in
1838, it was only £5225, & in 1849/50, £6428.17s.1d.
The Workhouse was
erected in 1835/6, & has room for 200 paupers. H A Harvie Esq, is union
clerk & supt.registrar; the Rev H Alford, chaplain; Mr & Mrs Stevenson,
master & matron of the Workhouse.
Source: White Directory 1850 p.760
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 |
| Bideford |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| Source: 22nd Report of the Commissioners in
Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor. Submitted by Alan Longbottom. |
1851 census Bideford Union Workhouse
HO/107/1895
Folio 181 Page
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James Steevenson - Master of Union Workhouse
Anna Steevenson - Matron Bideford Union Workhouse
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06 August, 2007
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