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Scarborough Poor Law Union and Workhouse
Scarborough Poor Law Union was declared 15th December 1836.
The workhouse, in Dean Road, consists of a large block of buildings in the Elizabethan style, erected in 1838, and available for 300 inmates; John
DYDE, Master,
Thomas McC. FOLEY L.R.C.P.I.., medical officer; Mrs. H. DYDE, matron.
The Union comprises of 30 townships/parishes, some in the North Riding, and some
in the East.
The population in 1901 was 51,110.
Source:
Kelly's Directory 1909
Submitted by Andy Kerridge
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Page updated 06 August, 2007
by Rossbret
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Scarborough