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Weymouth Poor Law Union and Workhouse

Board Day, alternate Tuesdays, at the Poor Law Institution, at 2.30pm.
The Union comprises the following Parishes:

  • Abbotsbury
  • Bincombe
  • Broadway
  • Chickerell
  • Fleet
  • Langton
  • Herring
  • Melcombe Regis
  • Osmington
  • Owermoigne
  • Portisham
  • Portland
  • Poxwell
  • Preston
  • Radipole
  • Upway
  • Weymouth
  • Wyke Regis

The population in 1911 was 47,733; area 33,223 acres; rateable value, Lady Day, 1915, £222,270.
Clerk to the Guardians and Assessment Committee, Harold A.G. Stevens, Bank Chambers, St Thomas Street, Weymouth.
The Poor Law Institution, Rodwell, is a building of stone, erected to hold 360 inmates;
Rev. Robert Crowther M.A., Chaplain.
Samuel Perkins, Master.
Mrs S. Perkins, Matron.
Source: Kelly's Directory 1915

Records

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