St Marylebone Workhouse Records
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St marylebone workhouse records. The first st marylebone parish workhouse began operation in 1730. Images produced by permission of the city of london corporation. It was set up in the wake of knatchbull s act of 1723 which empowered parishes to build or rent premises for use as poorhouses and to refuse poor relief to those refusing to enter them. The new casual ward at the marylebone workhouse the marylebone workhouse being in every respect a good example to the other london workhouses we give an illustration of the new building in connection with it which was opened last week for the accommodation of tramps or casual poor.
Alphabetical lists of paupers receiving relief from their parish of settlement or of inmates in a local workhouse form an important sub category of parish records. It was set up in the wake of knatchbull s act of 1723 which empowered parishes to build or rent premises for use as poorhouses and to refuse poor relief to those refusing to enter them. Creed registers registers of births baptisms and deaths details of staff appointments and. Residents of st marylebone workhouse northumberland st st marylebone london middlesex england.
Once the st georges burial ground became full st marylebone burials took place at the new parish burial ground at st john s chapel opened in 1815 and a list of some of those burials and monuments erected in the mortuary chapel now st john s wood parish church can be found here. Click here for more information. St marylebone middlesex london rackham street infirmary southall school bibliography up to 1834. London england workhouse admission and discharge records 1764 1930 database on line.
London workhouse admission and discharge registers held by the london metropolitan archives london england. Workhouse records go online and reveal british roots of millions worldwide including britney spears most watched news videos orphaned bears gorge on milk after being rescued in russia. The st marylebone workhouse. Click here for daily covid 19 statistics from odrc.
St marylebone s initially rented a property for the purpose of accommodating infants and their nurses. Workhouse records at the national archives usually relate to the general business of the workhouses rather than individual inmates or members of staff. Reduce recidivism among those we touch. A comprehensive history of the workhouse by peter higginbotham.
These documents normally take the form of full volumes frequently pre printed with tabs for each letter of the alphabet on the edge of the page.