Submitted by Betty Longbottom
Battle Union consists of the following Parishes:
- Ashburnham
- Battle
- Bexhill
- Brightling
- Catsfield
- Crowhurst
- Dallington
- Ewhurst
- Hollington
St John
- Mountfield
- Penhurst
- Sedlescombe
- Westfield
- Whatlington
Inmates
| Workhouses, List of those visited in 1867 With Name of the
Workhouse and numbers of insane, idiotic, and imbecile inmates. |
| WORKHOUSE |
MALE |
FEMALE |
TOTAL |
| Battle |
3 |
5 |
8 |
| Source: 22nd Report of the Commissioners in
Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor. Submitted by Alan Longbottom. |
Records
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Battle
Records
(Ashburnham, Battle, Bexhill, Brightling, Catsfield, Crowhurst, Dallington,
Ewhurst, Hollington, Mountfield, Penhurst, Sedlescombe, Westfield, Whatlington):
minutes, 1835-1930;
Treasurer's accounts, 1920-1930;
register of Battle Union lunatics in the County Asylum, 1866-1930;
contracts with Medical Officers and for vaccination, 1888-1917;
boarding-out agreements for children and sick poor, 1915-1928;
Poor Law commissioners' order for keeping, examining and auditing the union
accounts, 1835;
admission and discharge registers, 1911-1949;
register of births, 1866-1946;
register of deaths, 1835-1950;
indoor relief lists, 1919-1931;
registers of inmates, 1930-1931;
creed registers, 1893-1950;
Master's day book, 1928-1936;
Master's receipt and payment books, 1902-1925
Source: Submitted by East Sussex Record Office
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