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HORSHAM Workhouse and Poor Law Union
The
central workhouse of the Union has
180 inmates. Robert Faulkener, master; Mrs Faulkener, matron;
Louis Feist, schoolmaster; Mrs Weller, schoolmistress; James Winkworth,
surgeon. the Rev William Allen, chaplain.
Source:
Post Office 1846 - p 677
Submitted by Betty Longbottom
Horsham Union Workhouse
20 years ago it was the Forest Mental Hospital. When
that closed down it stood derelict for several years but was then redeveloped
into residential units, preserving the shell of the building brilliantly. It is
in Crawley Road in Horsham.
Source: Mary Hallett - West Sussex
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Link
to Horsham Union Workhouse
in Photograph Album
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 |
| Horsham |
3 |
19 |
22 |
| Source: 22nd Report of the Commissioners in
Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor. Submitted by Alan Longbottom. |
Records
West Sussex Record Office
County Hall
Chichester
West Sussex PO19 1RN
Tel: 01243 753600
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