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Ely Poor Law Union and Workhouse
The Board of Guardians meet at the
Workhouse Thursday fortnightly at 11am.
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Chairman of the Board of Guardians |
Bertram Hall |
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Clerk to the Guardians and
Assessment Committee |
Edmund Button Claxton |
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Treasurer |
George Edward Foster |
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Relieving Officer, Vaccination
Officer, School Enquiry Officer
and Collector to the Guardians -
Ely District |
Flanders J. Aspland |
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Relieving Officer, Vaccination
Officer, School Enquiry Officer
and Collector to the Guardians -
Haddenham District |
James Sneasby |
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Superintendent Registrar |
Edmund Button Claxton |
The Workhouse is a yellow brick building
standing on a commanding eminence a
quarter of a mile out of the City and is
capable of holding 248 inmates. Erected
1837 from designs by William Donthorne,
architect, at a cost of £7,000.
There is a spacious Board Room in which
the Guardians hold their meetings, and
impressive three storey Administration
Block.
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Workhouse Master |
Albert Burton |
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Workhouse Matron |
Mrs M. J. Burton |
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Chaplain |
Rev. John Franey M.A. |
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Medical Officer |
William G. Dunwoody |
When the National Health Service was
introduced in 1948 the Institution
became Tower House Hospital, becoming
Tower Hospital in 1953. It closed in
1993, and the site has been redeveloped
to provide residential accommodation
aptly called Tower Court, many of the
former workhouse buildings being
demolished.
Records:
Various administrative and
Admission and Discharge records survive
from 1876 to 1956 and are held by
Cambridgeshire Record Office, Shire
Hall, Castle Hill, CAMBRIDGE. CB3 0AP
Telephone:- U.K. 01223 717281
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August 18, 2007
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