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NEWARK UNION
Newark Poor Law Union was declared 9 March 1836 and consisted of 26 parishes in Lincolnshire and 26 parishes in
Nottinghamshire. Total area (1899) 91,600 acres.
| John Corlett |
Master |
| Mrs Corlett |
Matron |
| Robert Capam |
Clerk to the Guardians |
| George Tallants |
Superintendent Registrar |
Relieving Officer -
North Dicision |
J. C. Ouzman |
Relieving Officer -
South Division |
J. Tinley |
This Union comprises 93,884 acres & 30,348 souls, of which about 58,000 acres & 11,622 souls are in Lincs, & the rest in Notts.
The Union Workhouse
is at Claypole, & was built in 1817, by a number of associated parishes, but it was enlarged for the present Union in 1838. It has room for 250 paupers, & had 129 inmates in 1851, when the census was taken.
Source:
White Directory 1856 - p 370
Submitted by Betty Longbottom
| Michael Herbert Colton |
Clerk to the Guardians |
Relieving Officer -
North Division |
Alfred Minkley |
Relieving Officer -
South Division |
W. J. Morris |
| Michael Herbert Colton |
Superintendent Registrar |
| Edwin A. Baxter |
Workhouse Master |
| Rev. G. Averill |
Workhouse Chaplain |
| H. C. Burrows |
Workhouse Medical Officer |
| Mrs Baxter |
Workhouse Matron |
| William Sadler |
Infirmary Superintendent |
| Rev. W. B. Sealy |
Infirmary Chaplain |
| Mrs E. M. Sadler |
Infirmary Matron |
The workhouse, at Claypole (Lincolnshire) is a structure of brick, built for
250 inmates. A Vagrant ward and Infirmary was erected in 1878 in Bow Bridge
Lane.
A Wealthy Nonagenarian
in Newark Workhouse
John Hartshorne aged 95 years who died in the Newark Union Infirmary
last week, is stated to be worth £4,000. It appears that until he became
very feeble and was taken to the infirmary, he had lived with a distant
relative in the town since Christmas 1901.
Inquiries made by the Guardians elicited that a son, through a firm of
solicitors, paid the deceased £10-10s-0d a year on account of money lent,
and that he was entitled to a legacy of over £4,000 left by a relative in
America. Some years ago the deceased was a colliery proprietor near
Wolverhampton, where he amassed considerable wealth.
Source: Yorkshire Weekly Post 13th June 1903 page 019.
Transcribed by Alan Longbottom |
Records
Nottinghamshire Archives
County House
Castle Meadow Road
NOTTINGHAM
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