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The Monmouth Poor Law Union was declared
15 June 1836 and consisted of
surrounding parishes from the Counties
of Gloucester, Hereford and Monmouth.
Pigot’s
Directory of Monmouthshire 1830
Governor
of Workhouse – Charles
TUDOR
Source: Submitted by Helen Verrell |
The Monmouth Union Workhouse, situated
on Hereford Road, was built in 1870
under the direction of Mr G. C. Hadden,
architect. It consisted of four blocks
of buildings one of which was the
infirmary. All built of Stone enclosed
with a low wall. Designed to accommodate
204 inmates, an additional detached
building was erected at the rear for the
treatment of infectious cases.
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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Monmouth |
4 |
14 |
18 |
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Source: 22nd Report of the
Commissioners in Lunacy to the Lord
Chancellor. Submitted by Alan
Longbottom. |
Monmouth proposed new workhouse
The Monmouth Board of Guardians,
at an adjourned meeting on the 16th
ult., selected a design the joint
production of Mr G.Haddon of
Hereford and Mr F.B.Payton of
Bradford, Yorkshire, submitted in
competition, along with 15 others
for their proposed new workhouse.
The site is in the Old Hereford
Road, and is described as highly
suitable for the purpose to which it
is to be devoted. The estimated cost
of the new buildings is stated at
£6,000.
Source: The Builder 1868 Vol XXVI
6th June 1868 p.417
Submitted by Alan Longbottom |
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