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Workhouses - Carlisle Union
St Mary's Workhouse, near Irish-gate Brow, was erected in 1785, for the reception of paupers of the four townships of St Mary's parish within the
city, and is a large building with a spacious yard adjoining.
St Cuthbert's Workhouse on Harraby Hill, was built in 1809, at the cost of about £4,000 including furniture etc. It is a large square stone
building, and stands upon an acre of ground, which was purchased many years ago with a
bequest of £20 and parish money.
Caldew-gate Workhouse, in Coal-fell Hill, is a plain brick structure, built 1829-30 at a cost of £750, and since enlarged and altered at a cost of
about £300, and is now capable of accommodating 130 paupers.
There has been no new workhouse built for this Union, the three old ones being made to do duty in its stead, in the following manner, viz:-
St Mary's appropriated for the reception of infirm paupers,
St Cuthbert's for able-bodied paupers, and that at Caldew-gate for children.
The Union comprises the following parishes and townships etc
viz:- Parishes of
Beaumont,
Burgh by Sands,
Crosby on Eden,
Dalston,
Grinsdale,
Kirkandrews,
Orton,
Rockcliff,
Stanwix,
Warwick,
Wetherall;
and the Townships of
Blackwell High and Low,
Botcherby,
Botchergate,
Brisco,
Caldew-gate
Carleton,
Cummersdale,
Harraby,
Kingmoor (hamlet),
Ricker-gate,
St Cuthbert's within St Mary's within, Upperby, and Wreay, a total of 26.
The township of Middlesceugh and Braithwaite, in St Mary's parish are within Leath Ward and Penrith Union.
For the quarter ending June 1846, there were 2,194 paupers belonging to the establishment, 1,774 out-door and 420 in-door paupers. The
out-door relief for the same quarter was £1,255-12s-0d and the cost of maintaining
the in-door paupers was £277-1s-0d being an average weekly cost of 2s-7d per head.
The Board of Guardians consists of 32, of which Joseph Atkinson esq, is chairman;
Messrs John Bushby and John Sowerby are vice-chairmen;
Mr James Mounsey is clerk; and
John Bell esq is auditor.
Mr William Sowerby is Treasurer, and
Joseph Pattinson and John Turner and Joseph Nixon are relieving officers.
Messrs John Hodgson, Edward Bowman, Henry Armstrong, William Arras, Thomas
Tweddle, and John Sewell are medical officers, and James Brown, Christopher Woodall, and John Lancaster are workhouse masters, their wives
are matrons.
Mr & Mrs Enoch Robinson are schoolmaster and mistress. William Birrell is registrar of births, deaths and marriages and also assistant
overseer for St Cuthbert's District and Adam Burrell is registrar of births and deaths for
St Mary's District.
Source: Mannex 1847 Cumberland Directory
Submitted by Betty Longbottom
Carlisle pages 133-137
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Page updated 06 August, 2007
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