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North Witchford Union

North Witchford Union Workhouse was founded in 1838 on Benwick Road, Doddington, Cambridgeshire.
In 1929 it became known as Doddington Infirmary, and then under the National Health Service it became Doddington County Hospital.

Inmates

Workhouses, List of those visited in 1867 With Name of the Workhouse and numbers of  insane, idiotic, and imbecile inmates.
WORKHOUSE MALE FEMALE TOTAL
North Witchford 2 3 5
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
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