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Chesterton Union
Chesterton Union Workhouse was erected
1836-1838 from designs by Architect John
Smith.
The Board of Guardians meet every
alternate Thursday at 10.30 at the
Workhouse. The population of the Union
in 1901 was 33,246, area 80,995 acres,
and rateable value at Lady Day 1908
£203,408.
The Union comprises the following
parishes:- Barton, Cherry Hinton,
Chesterton, Childerley, Comberton, Coton,
Cottenham, Dry Drayton, Fen Ditton,
Fulbourn, Girton, Grantchester, Harlton,
Harston, Haslingfield, Hauxton, Histon,
Horningsea, Impington, Landbeach,
Madingley, Milton, Newton, Oakington,
Rampton, Shelford, Stanton-Long All
Saints, Stanton-Long St Mary, Stapleford,
Stow-cum-Quy, Teversham, Trumpington,
Waterbeach, Westwick, Wilbraham Great,
Wilbraham Little and Willingham.
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Chairman of the Board of Guardians |
A. M. Robinson |
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Clerk to the Guardians and
Assessment Committee |
John Fish Symonds |
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Treasurer |
William George Hobbs |
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Relieving Officer and Collector to
the Guardians ~ Fulbourn District |
William Saunders |
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Relieving Officer and Collector to
the Guardians ~ Willingham District |
William Ingle |
The Workhouse, a commodious brick
building near the centre of the village,
is capable of holding 250 inmates.
Following the introduction of the
National Health Service it became
Chesterton Hospital in Union Lane,
Cambridge.
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Workhouse Master |
Archer J. Morgan |
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Workhouse Matron |
Mrs Helen R. Morgan |
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Medical Officer |
Boston Elphinstone Fordyce |
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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Chesterton |
3 |
4 |
7 |
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Source: 22nd Report of the
Commissioners in Lunacy to the Lord
Chancellor. Submitted by Alan
Longbottom. |
Records
Poor Law Records
held in Cambridgeshire.
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CAM/PoorLawUnions.html
Cambridge Record Office
Shire Hall
Castle Hill
CAMBRIDGE
CB3 0AP
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