Chippenham Union Miscellany [Download .PDF File]

This publication contains some of the many records created by the Chippenham Poor Law Union including a Register of Births in the Workhouse covering the period 1866 to 1914, extracts from the Guardians' Minute Book for the year 1836, a List of Paupers relieved in the Workhouse during the half year ended Michaelmas 1869, lists of Children in the Workhouse fit for Service for the years 1869, 1874 and 1879, lists of Non-resident Poor for the years 1884 and 1889, lists of Children in Homes, Schools and Institutions for the years 1891 and 1901, a list of Paupers Maintained in Institutions and Certified Schools for the year ended 1912, and a list of Children Boarded Out within the Union for the same time period.  The Chippenham Poor Law Union was formed on 1st December 1835 and comprised the parishes of Biddestone St. Nicholas, Biddestone St. Peter, Box, Castle Combe, Chippenham, Christian Malford, Colerne, Corsham, Ditteridge, Draycot Cerne, Grittleton, Hardenhuish, Kington Langley, Kington St. Michael, Lacock, Langley Burrell, Leigh Delamere, Littleton Drew, Nettleton, North Wraxall, Pewsham, Seagry, Slaughterford, Stanton St. Quintin, Sutton Benger, Tytherton Kellaways, West Kington and Yatton Keynell [all Wiltshire].    

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