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Winchcomb Union
The Board of Guardians meet alternate Saturdays at the Workhouse at 2pm. The
area of the Union is 55,507 acres, rateable value in 1901 £61,191 and
population in 1901 8,825.
The Union comprises 20 parishes;
Alderton & Dixton, Alstone, Beckford, Bishop's Cleeve, Buckland &
Laverton, Charlton Abbotts, Didbrook, Dumbleton, Gotherington, Great Washbourne,
Guiting Temple, Hailes, Hawling, Little Washbourne, Lower Guiting, Pinnock &
Hyde, Prescott, Roel, Snowshill, Southam & Brockhampton, Stanley Pontlarge,
Stanton, Stanway, Sudeley Manor, Toddington, Winchcomb, Woodmancote, Wormington
& Cutsdean.
| Chairman of Guardians |
Rev. W. D. Stanton |
| Clerk to the Guardians and Assessment
Committee |
James Henry Stephens |
| Treasurer |
John Burt Folliott |
| Collector to the Guardians |
Hubert D. Woodward |
| Relieving and Vaccination Officer for the
Union |
Hubert D. Woodward |
| Superintendent Registrar |
James Henry Stephens |
The Workhouse, Gloucester Street, is a building of stone,
erected in 1838 and will hold 140 inmates.
| Workhouse Master |
Stephen Michael Healey |
| Workhouse Matron |
Mrs Rebecca Healey |
| Nurse |
Mrs L. Pollard |
| Chaplain |
Rev. Robert Noble Jackson |
| Medical Officer |
William Cox |
Records
Gloucester Record Office
Clarence Row
Alvin Street
GLOUCESTER
GL1 3DW
Tel:- 01452 425295
Page updated August 06, 2007
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