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Workhouse
Following the Poor
Law Amendment Act Southwell Union was officially declared 8th April 1836
The Union Workhouse is on a pleasant site in the Parish of Upton a short
distance from Southwell, and near the railway. It was erected in 1824 at a cost
of £6,596 for 49 parishes associated under Gilbert's Act and will hold 191
inmates. The building is large and well arranged with about 6 acres principally
laid out as a garden. The Infirmary was added in 1870 at a cost of £1,000.
UNION
STAFF 1894
Clerk to the Guardians and Assessment Committee John Kirkland
Relieving and Vaccination Officer No. 1 District Arthur Blundell
Relieving and Vaccination Officer No. 2 District John James Adamson
Superintendent Registrar Jphn Kirkland
Walter Fryer, Master
Mrs Ada Fryer, Matron
George Young Polson, Medical Officer
Rev. J. S. Wright, Chaplain |
The Board of Guardians met alternate Friday's at the
Workhouse at 11am to discuss Union matters. The population of the Union in 1891 19,321, area 118,467
acres and rateable value in 1895 £167,347.
The Workhouse has recently been purchased by The National
Trust and is being converted into a Workhouse Museum.
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