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Kingsbridge
Poor
Law Union and Workhouse
The Union comprises 26 parishes. The total average annual expenditure on
the poor during the 3 years preceding the formation of the Union, was £9069,
but in 1838, it was £9118; in 1839, £10,170; & in 1849, £12,087.
The Union
Workhouse stands on the north side of the town, in Churchstow parish, & was
built in 1837, at the cost of about £6000. It has room for 350 paupers, &
Mr T C & Mrs Geyle are the master & matron; Mr Thomas Harris snr, is the
union clerk & supt.registrar; & the Rev T L Hill, MA, chaplain.
Source:
White Directory 1850 p.526
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 |
| Kingsbridge |
5 |
8 |
13 |
| Source: 22nd Report of the Commissioners in
Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor. Submitted by Alan Longbottom. |
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