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Catalogue description Boards of Guardians
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| Title: | Boards of Guardians |
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Guardians and Cognate Records received from the Clerks to the former Board of Guardians Among the records thus received were, in addition to the normal archives of the Boards and their workhouses; 1. records relating to the non-poor-law duties of the Guardians, 2. records relating to the period of administration by the County Council (1930-1948), 3. a few parish records (see P catalogue), 4. a few items relating to Unions created under Gilbert's Act (1781). 5. a few items relating to Rural Districts (post 1894) and to the Rating Assessment Areas (post 1926), 6. Records of Highway Boards (1862-94) LOCATIONS OF WORKHOUSES AND LISTS OF PARISHES COVERED BY EACH UNION ASHFORD EAST Union Workhouse at WILLESBOROUGH A structure of brick erected in 1837 to hold 350 inmates Aldington Hinxhill Bilsington Hurst Bircholt Kennington Bonnington Mersham Brabourne Molash or Moldash Brook Orlestone Broughton Aluph Ruckinge Challock Sevington Chilham Smeeth Crundale Wareborne Eastwell Willesborough Godmersham Wye Hastingleigh ASHFORD WEST Union Workhouse at WESTWELL A structure of brick to hold 240 inmates Ashford Kingsnorth Bethersden Little Chart Charing Pluckley and Pevington Egerton Shadoxhurst Great Chart Smarden Hothfield Westwell BLEAN Union Workhouse at Herne near CANTERBURY A structure of brick built in 1835 to hold 298 inmates Archbishop's Palace St. Gregory Blean or St. Cosmus and St. Stephen or Hackington Damian-in-the Blean Seasalter Chislett Staplegate Christchurch Sturry Herne Swalecliff Hoath Westbere Reculver Whitstable St. Dunstan BRIDGE Union Workhouse A building of red brick built in 1835 to hold 298 inmates Adisham Milton-next-Canterbury Barham Mint Beaksbourne or Nackington Beakesbourne Patrixbourne Bishopsbourne Petham Bridge St. Nicholas Hospital Chartham Stodmarsh Fordwich Thannington Harbledown Upper Hardres Holycross Westgate Without Waltham Ickham Wickhambreux Kingstone Womenswould Littlebourne Lower Hardres CRANBROOK Union Workhouse at HARTLEY A building of stone built in 1838 to hold 350 inmates Benenden Goudhurst Cranbrook Hawkhurst Frittenden Sandhurst DARTFORD Union Workhouse A structure of brick and stone to hold 460 inmates Ash Horton Kirby Bexley Kingsdown Crayford Longfield Darenth Lullingstone Dartford Ridley East Wickham Southfleet Erith Stone, near Dartford Eynesford Sutton at Hone Farningham Swanscombe Hartley Wilmington DOVER Union Workhouse at BUCKLAND A building of red brick built in to hold 632 inmates Alkham Oxney Buckland Poulton Capel-Le-Ferne Ringwould Charlton, near Dover River Coldred St James the Apostle (Dover) Denton St Margaret-at-Cliffe Dover Castle Liberties St Mary the Virgin (Dover) East Cliffe Sibertswold East Langdon West Cliffe Ewell West Langdon Guston Whitfield Hougham Wootton Lydden EASTRY Union Workhouse A building of brick to hold 494 inmates Ash-next-Sandwich Eythorn Barfreston Goodnestone Betshanger Great Mongeham Chillenden Ham Deal Knowlton Eastry Little Mongeham Elmstone Nonington Northbourne Stourmouth Preston-by-Wingham Sutton-by-Dover Ripple Tilmanstone St Bartholomews Hospital Waldershare St Clement (Sandwich) Walmer St Peter (Sandwich) Wingham Sandwich Woodnesborough Sholden Worth Staple-next-Wingham FAVERSHAM Badlesmere Luddenham Boughton-under-Blean Newnham Buckland Norton Davington Oare Doddington Ospringe Dunkirk Preston-next-Faversham Eastling Selling Faversham Sheldwich Goodnestone Stalisfield Graveney Stone-next-Faversham Hernehill Teynham Leaveland Throwley Lynstead GRAVESEND AND MILTON Gravesend Milton-next-Gravesend HOLLINGBOURNE Bicknor Hucking Boughton Malherbe Langley Boxley Leeds Breadhurst Lenham Broomfield Otterden Chart Sutton Stockbury Detling Sutton Valence East Sutton Thurnham or Thornham Frinsted Ulcombe Harrietsham Witchling Headcorn Wormshill Hollingbourne MAIDSTONE Union Workhouse at COXHEATH, LINTON A structure of brick to hold 600 inmates Barming Marden Bearsted Nettlestead Boughton Monchelsea Otham East Farleigh Staplehurst Hunton Teston Linton West Barming Loddington West Farleigh Loose Yalding Maidstone MALLING Union Workhouse (about 1 mile south of village) A structure of red brick built in 1836 to hold 472 inmates Addington Offham Allington Ryarsh Aylesford Shipbourne Birling Snodland & Paddlesworth Burham Stansted Ditton Totterscliffe or Trosley East Malling Wateringbury East Peckham West Malling Ightham West Peckham Leybourne Wouldham Mereworth Wrotham MILTON Union Workhouse Bapchild Milton-next-Sittingbourne Bobbing Murston Borden Newington Bredgar Rainham Hartlip Rodmersham Iwade Sittingbourne Kingsdown Tong Lower Halstow Tunstall Milstead Upchurch ISLE OF SHEPPEY Union Workhouse at MINSTER A structure of brick to hold 250 inmates Eastchurch Queensborough Isle of Elmley St Thomas (Isle of Harty) Leysdown Warden Minster-in-Sheppey TENTERDEN Union Workhouse to hold 440 inmates Appledore Rolvenden Biddenden Stoke-next-Tenterden Ebony Tenterden High Halden Wittersham Kennardington Woodchurch Newenden ISLE OF THANET Union Workhouse at MINSTER to hold 600 inmates Acol or Wood St Lawrence (Ramsgate) Birchington St Nicholas-at-Wade Minster St Peter Monkton Sarre Ramsgate Stonar St John the Baptist (Margate) TONBRIDGE Union Workhouse at PEMBURY A large structure of brick erected at various periods to hold 600 inmates Ashurst Horsmonden Bidborough Pembury Brenchley Speldhurst Capel Tonbridge Hadlow Tudely |
| Date: | 1727 - 1935 |
| Held by: | Kent History and Library Centre, not available at The National Archives |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 19 sub fonds |
| Access conditions: |
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