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EPSOM UNION

The Union workhouse is a building in the Elizabethan style & presents an appearance superior to most buildings of this class.  It will contain 350 inmates. The Board of Guardians meet at the workhouse every Wednesday.
Source:  Post Office 1846 - p 530  
Submitted by Betty Longbottom
Epsom Union consists of the following Parishes:
  • Ashtead
  • Banstead
  • Great Bookham
  • Little Bookham
  • Carshalton
  • Cheam
  • Chessington
  • Cobham
  • Cuddington
  • Epsom
  • Ewell
  • Fetcham
  • Headley
  • Leatherhead
  • Stoke D'Abernon
  • Sutton

Epsom Union Workhouse was erected in 1836 off Dorking Road, to accommodate 300 inmates.
The Infirmary was rebuilt in 1882 and could provide 120 beds.

Link to Epsom History of Health Pages
http://www.epsom.townpage.co.uk/health.htm 

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