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| RMMee Moderator Quote | Reply | | Langley Workhouse posted on: 2/26/2005 8:35:04 AM I've had a query regarding Langley Workhouse, from somebody who believes an ancestor of his died there in 1877. (Unfortunately I don't know the person's name.) Not a lot is known about the workhouse. It was situated somewhere at the top of Holbrook Street, near the junction with Hands Road, and the site was later developed for council-housing. There was a row of houses there which was called "Workhouse Row," though I suspect this was an unofficial name. I suspect that the enquiry is actually about someone who lived in Workhouse Row rather than in the Workhouse. I say this because the Basford Union Workhouse was established in 1836, and all our paupers were shipped off there! Can anyone with access to censuses confirm whether there is mention of Workhouse Row, or, indeed a Workhouse, in 1851/61/71/81/91 or 1901? (but please don't bother listing names of occupants). Does anyone else know anything about our local Workhouse? Many thanks |
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Azzabuv
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replied on: 2/26/2005 7:12:26 PM 1891 Census for Langley checked, but no Workhouse as mentioned showed up. However, Robert, this doesn't mean it's not there - 3 whole pages are missing from the Census, naturally enough. Azzabuv. |
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RMMee
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replied on: 2/26/2005 8:27:12 PM I'd be extremely surprised if you had found it in 1891. 1851 is, perhaps, a possibility, but I know how poor that year is for recording locations/addresses. |
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RMMee
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replied on: 3/2/2005 6:54:11 PM A bit of a genealogical enquiry, but my original enquirer has updated me with names etc. If anyone can assist, please let me know or update on here. "I have read the interesting notes in your ChatArea site and I can shed a little more light on my original enquiry. My 2x great grandfather, Charles Hames, was living at Workhouse Yard in the 1871 census, working as a colliery labourer, aged 60, with his wife, Mary (nee Fletcher), daughter of George and Jane Fletcher, baptised at the Parish Church, West Hallam by Rector, John Morewood, 17 October 1813. Charles with his brother, Joseph, living in Jessop Row, Heanor, were both born in Hulland Ward, Derbyshire, of parents, John and Mary Hames, who married at Willington Church in 1802, Mary(Yeomans) from Marston on Dove, John of Broughton. Sorry if I overwhelm you with names, but it illustrates the difficulty that one can encounter, when people were migrating between censuses, apparently for economic reasons, for they were mainly of agricultural stock." |
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Peter Chamberlain
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replied on: 3/3/2005 8:21:12 AM 1881 census shows Mary wife of Charles as a Widow Living with her son William and family An entry on the Basford registers shows an entry for A Charles Hames dying in 1877 1891 census shows Mary living with Elijah. An entry for A Mary Hames on the Basford registers dying in 1892 1901 census shows Elijah as a Widower living at BASFORD Rob if you would like to send my e-mail address to your contact i will send him these images |
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philfred
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replied on: 6/5/2005 1:46:28 PM You will useful information on this site http:/users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/index.html. It lists the 1881 census returns from workhouses amongst other items. The site gives a detailed account of workhouses. regards Phil |
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Azzabuv
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replied on: 6/5/2005 3:30:23 PM Did Langley Workhouse cover for Heanor, Langley Mill and the general area, or did each 'town' have its own Workhouse in those days? (1850s onwards). Azzabuv. |
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RMMee
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replied on: 6/5/2005 3:45:35 PM As I said earlier, from 1836, the area was covered by the Basford Union, so our "local" workhouse was at Basford, Nottingham. Prior to that time, the workhouse at Langley will probably have covered the whole of the parish - which at that time included not only Heanor, but also Langley, Langley Mill, and Marlpool - I think Loscoe & Codnor were already a single stand-alone parish by that time. |
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replied on: 6/30/2007 4:22:09 AM Wasnt there a workhouse or something like it at Codnor? Arent the cottages still standing on the left as you just move up to the Market Place from Loscoe? |
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