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The Abergavenny Poor Law Union was
declared 27th April 1836. The workhouse
was built of Stone in 1834 from designs
by George Wilkinson, architect, to
accommodate 189 inmates. Situated on
what is now known as Hatherleigh Place,
Union Road, Abergavenny.
Pigot's Directory 1830
Abergavenny
Charities
comprise ….. a Dispensary and a
Ladies’ Lying in
Charity
Source: Submitted by Helen Verrell
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In 1861 the area of the Union was 60,178
acres, and the population 19,527.
The children attended the National
Schools at Abergavenny.
Inmates
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Workhouses, List of those visited in
1867 With Name of the Workhouse and
numbers of insane, idiotic,
and imbecile inmates. |
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WORKHOUSE |
MALE |
FEMALE |
TOTAL |
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Abergavenny |
10 |
10 |
20 |
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Source: 22nd Report of the
Commissioners in Lunacy to the Lord
Chancellor. Submitted by Alan
Longbottom. |
Records
Gwent County Record Office
County Hall
CWMBRAN
Gwent
NP44 2XH
Telephone:- U.K. 01633 644886
Overseas +44 1633 832214
Newport Reference Library
Newport Central Library
John Frost Square
Newport
South Wales
NP9 1PA
Telephone:- U.K. 01633 211376
Overseas +44 1633 211376
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18-Aug-2007
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