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Mere Union Workhouse
Board day, alternate Thursday at the Poor Law Institution, at 11am
Chairman of the Board of Guardians, Arthur Rabbitts White J.P., Charnage, Mere, Wilts.
Clerk to the Guardians and Assessment Committee, Reginald Howard Hiscott, Mere.
The following is a list of places in the Mere Union:

  • Kilmington
  • Kingston Deverill
  • East Knoyle
  • West Knoyle
  • Maiden Bradley
  • Mere
  • Monckton Deverill
  • Sedghill
  • Stourton
  • Zeals

The population in 1911 was 51,173, area 32,309 acres, rateable value in 1915, £34,267.

Poor Law Institution, Castle Street, a building of stone, built about 1839 to hold 150 inmates.
Harry T. Harding, Master
Mrs Emma E. Harding, Matron.



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