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Elham Union Workhouse
The Board of Guardians meet alternate Thursdays at the Workhouse, Lyminge, at
10am. The area of the Union is 43,725 acres, rateable value in 1902 £369,552
and the population in 1901 was 52,134.
Elham Union comprises the following parishes, viz:- Acrise, Cheriton, Elham,
Elmsted, Folkestone, Folkestone-next-Sandgate, Hawkinge, Hythe (St Leonard),
Lyminge, Lympne, Monks-Horton, Newington-next-Hythe, Paddlesworth, Postling,
Saltwood, Sandgate, Sellinge, Stanford, Stelling, Stelling Minnis, Stowting and
Swingfield.
| Chairman of the Board of Guardians |
Archibald Stoakes Jones |
| Clerk to the Guardians and Assessment Committee |
Robert Lonergan |
| Treasurer |
John Alexander Mackay Scobie |
| Relieving and Inquiry Officer No. 1 District |
Peter Hemsley |
| Relieving and Inquiry Officer No. 2 District |
Charles Wollett |
| Superintendent Registrar |
Robert Lonergan |
The Workhouse, Etching Hill, Lyminge, a structure of red brick, was built in
1840, and will hold 346 inmates, and has since been greatly enlarged, by the
addition of infirmary wards, a new Chapel and other buildings.
| Frederick Edward Ayre |
Workhouse Master |
| Rev. Frederick Taply |
Chaplain |
| Mrs R. Ayre |
Workhouse Matron |
| William Bishop |
Medical Officer |
The Union Cottage Homes for Children are located at Cheriton, supervised by
Mr and Mrs Harvey.
Page updated August 06, 2007
by Rossbret
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Elham