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Isle of Wight Workhouse
The House of Industry, Newport, Isle of Wight served all the
parishes
of the IOW. Built around 1797 opened for business around 1803.
Lasted until about 1947. (All dates unsubstantiated).
It was a Workhouse, Hospital, Lunatic asylum, and School. It had it's
own burial ground adjacent. It was apparently well ahead of the
minimum standards laid down by law some 60 years after it's opening,
and apart from the "disgrace" of being assisted was not disliked let
alone hated.
The building still exists and is now part social services and mostly
part of the St. Mary's Hospital built close by. The grounds and
courtyards uses are somewhat changed but if you carry a plan of the
original building it is easy to see what was where. The front facade
is hardly altered. But internally all the small rooms have been opened
out into modern wards.
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 |
| Isle of Wight |
16 |
19 |
35 |
| Source: 22nd Report of the Commissioners in
Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor. Submitted by Alan Longbottom. |
Records
Isle of Wight County Record Office
26 Hillside
Newport
Isle of Wight
PO30 2EB
Tel: 01983 823820.
Hampshire Record Office Hold Bishops Transcripts of Baptisms and Burials at
the House of Industry:
1782-1783
1813-1827
1829-1871
The Isle of Wight County Record Office have photocopy entries of these Bishops
Transcripts.
Hampshire
Record Office
Sussex Street,
Winchester
SO23 8TH
Tel: 01962 846154
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Monday August 06, 2007
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