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Weobley Workhouse and Poor Law Union
The Board of Guardians meet every alternate Monday at the Board Room, Workhouse
at 11am. The population in 1891 was 7,401, area 48,249 acres and the rateable
value in 1899 was £65,293.
The Union comprises the following places;
Almeley, Birley, Bishopstone, Blakemere, Bridge Sollars, Brinsop, Brobury,
Byford, Canon Pyon, Dilwyn, Eardisland, Kings Pyon, Kinnersley, Letton, Mansell
Gamage, Mansell Lacy, Moccas, Monnington-upon-Wye, Norton Canon, Preston-upon-Wye,
Sarnesfield, Staunton-upon-Wye, Stretford, Weobley, Wormesley and Yazor.
| Chairman of the Board of Guardians |
Rev. George Horatio Davenport |
| Clerk to the Guardians and Assessment
Committee |
Francis Holdsworth |
| Treasurer |
John Arthur Daggs |
| Relieving Officer - Weobley Union |
William Lloyd |
| Superintendent Registrar |
Francis Holdsworth |
The Workhouse, situated about half a mile from Town on the
Kington Road, is a red brick building, erected in 1837 and will hold 115
inmates.
| Chaplain |
Rev. James Sutcliffe Crook |
| Medical Officer |
John Jamieson Wallace |
| Workhouse Master |
George Dion |
| Workhouse Matron |
Mrs Mary Annie Dion |
Records
Hereford Record Office
The Old Barracks
Harold Street
HEREFORD
HR1 2QX
Telephone:- 01432 260750
Page updated August 06, 2007
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