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Conwy Workhouse
The Conwy Poor Law Union was officially declared 16th March 1837. The Workhouse
was erected on the Bangor Road, Conwy.
By 1861 the size of the Union was 57,131 acres and had a population of 13,896.
Workhouses, List of those visited in 1867
With Name of the Workhouse and numbers of
insane, idiotic, and imbecile inmates |
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MALE |
FEMALE |
TOTAL |
| Conway |
1 |
3 |
4 |
Source: From PP 1867/68 Vol XXXI
pp 255
Twenty Second Report of the Commissioners in Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor
Submitted by Alan Longbottom |
Workhouses were officially abolished by the 1930 Local Government Act, at which
time the buildings became St Mary's and Dolwain Public Assistance Institution.
Managed by the Caernarfon and Anglesey Hospital Management Committee from
1948 NHS Act, as the Conwy Hospital
Following reorganisation in 1974 became Gwynedd District Health Authority, and
then Conwy and Denbighshire NHS Trust from 1999
The buildings have recently been demolished, and are now a building site for new
Housing.
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