Stoke Upon Trent

Stoke Upon Trent

Stoke-upon-Trent Union

Board day, every alternate Wednesday at the Union offices, High Street, at 10am.
Stoke-upon-Trent Union comprises the following parishes:

Fenton
Hanley
Longton
Stoke
Stoke Rural

The population in 1891 was 121,459; area 12,785; rateable value in 1895 £430,251.

Clerk to the Guardians and Assessment Committee, Charles Daniel, High Street, Stoke. (also Superintendent Registrar and Clerk to the Stoke Upon Trent Rural District Council).

Relieving Officers:
Fenton District - J. H. Rogers, Raglan Street, Fenton.
Hanley District - George Butler, Charles Street, Hanley.
Longton District - E. C. Hackett, Longton.
Stoke District - F. T. Harvey, High Street, Stoke.

The Workhouse, close to Newcastle and erected in 1833, at a cost of £3,000, has spacious schools attached and was subsequently enlarged at a further cost of about £7,000. It is now capable of receiving about 1,000 inmates. A Hospital was erected in 1887 with 150 beds and in 1884 a new hospital was built at a total cost of £15,000 and has 176 beds.
Rev. Jn Wills Brown, Chaplain.
John Lloyd Griffiths, Master
Mrs Griffiths, Matron.
T. B. Roberts, schoolmaster
Mrs T. Roberts, schoolmistress.
Source: Kelly's Directory 1896.

This Workhouse was known as "Spittals" Workhouse as it was located at the Spittal, in Penkhull.