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Penrith Union Workhouse

The Guardians meet at the Board Room, Mansion House, monthly on Tuesdays at 1pm. The area of the Union is 188,291 acres, rateable value £226,508 and population in 1921 was 20,587.

The Poor Law Institution, on the Greystoke Road, erected in 1838, is a building of stone, available for about 130 inmates. Adjoining is a Hospital.



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