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Redruth Union
Redruth Union Workhouse was erected 1838 on Illogan Highway from designs by the Architects G.
Gilbert Scott and W. Bonython Moffatt.
Under the National Health Service it became Barncoose Hospital, and was later
closed.
Redruth Union consists of the following Parishes:
- Camborne
- Gwennap
- Gwinear
- Gwithian
- Illogan
- Phillack
- Redruth
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 |
| Redruth |
7 |
13 |
20 |
| Source: 22nd Report of the Commissioners in
Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor. Submitted by Alan Longbottom. |
Records
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