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Braintree
Union
Parishes comprising Braintree Union
| Bocking |
Bradwell |
Braintree |
Great Coggeshall |
Little Coggeshall |
| Cressing |
Fairstead |
Faulkbourne |
Feering |
Finchingfield |
| Hatfield Peverel |
Kelvedon |
Markshall |
Black Notley |
White Notley |
| Panfield |
Pattiswick |
Rayne |
Rivenhall |
Great Saling |
| Shalford |
Stisted |
Terling |
Wethersfield |
Witham |
BRAINTREE
- Post Office 1846 - p 29
Braintree is the head of a
union of 16 parishes, with a population of 16,000. The workhouse is in Rayne Rd.
Nathan Poole is master; & Mrs Elizabeth Poole, matron;
John Bragg is schoolmaster;
Miss Eliza Gardner, schoolmistress.
Source: 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 |
| Braintree |
5 |
6 |
11 |
| Source: 22nd Report of the Commissioners in
Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor. Submitted by Alan Longbottom. |
Records
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