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CHERTSEY UNION

The Union workhouse contains 180 inmates. Thomas Dyson, master; Mrs Dyson, matron; Joseph Tomlinson, relieving officer.
Source: Post office 1846 - p 507  
Submitted by Betty Longbottom

Parishes in Chertsey Union:
Bisley, Byfleet, Chertsey, Chobham, Horsell, Pyrford, Thorpe, Walton Upon Thames, Weybridge, Windlesham

The workhouse was at Ottershaw. A girls receiving home was added alongside the boys in 1912. It was renamed Murray House in 1930 and handed over to Surrey County Council Mental Hospitals Committee in 1932.
Source: Submitted by Mary Hallett

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
Chertsey 5 10 15
Source: 22nd Report of the Commissioners in Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor. Submitted by Alan Longbottom.

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