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Witham
Poor Law Union and Workhouse
A Union of 17 parishes
containing a population of 15,000. The Union workhouse was erected in 1838 at a
cost of £6850.
A
lunatic asylum is also in the town.
Source:
Post Office Directory 1846 - p.143
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 |
| Witham |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Source: 22nd Report of the Commissioners in
Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor. Submitted by Alan Longbottom. |
Records
Essex
Record Office
Wharf Road,
Chelmsford
CM12 6YT.
Telephone (01245) 244644
ero.enquiry@essexcc.gov.uk
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by Rossbret
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Witham