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From: Marj Kohli <>
Subject: Re: [UK-W&H] workhouse address???
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 08:26:09 -0400
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At 05:55 PM 8/8/01 -0600, Jim and Berniece Warden wrote:
>I have just got my fathers birth certficate and it shows that his mother was
>living at 56 Fortess Road, St. Pancras. It also showed that she was a
>general servant of St. Pancras..Info about the above enquiry is that my
>father was born out of wedlock 16 Dec 1902 @ Queen Charlottes Hospital
>Marylebone Road. His mother Florence Elizabeth Warden. I believe she kept
>my father until he came to Canada in Apr 19, 1913 as a Home Child. My
>grandmothers family did not know my father existed until she died in 1951.
>Would anyone know if the address shown above was a Workhouse? Also were
>might I search children or persons who might have been through the Croydon
>Workhouse as my father always mentioned that is where he came from but
>nothing to indicate that. I was also wondering if anyone would know the
>parish of Finchley Cemetery Chapel Grounds because that is where my
>grandmother is buried and might want to check their records as to any
>further information. Your assistance is muchly appreciated
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Jim Warden
>Humboldt, Saskatchewan
>Canada

Jim,

Mary is on holiday and she is the one who is good at this type of question.
However, I keep some of her words of wisdom and here is what I have on Croydon

From about 1875 -- Mitcham is part of the Croydon Union and the workhouse
was mainly in Queens Road which is between Croydon town and Mitcham so may
well have been located on Mitcham Common. The surviving Admission &
Discharge registers are at Croydon Local Studies Library but only date from
1879. I don't know if the Workhouse building is still there, but the
infirmary buildings are now incorporated into the enormous Mayday Hospital
so have probably been obliterated.

The Croydon Workhouse in 1881 was in Queens Road and subsequently became
called the Queens Road Homes, although this name was not used until the
early 20th century. The Union Infirmary was nearby in Eridge Road and is
now part of the Mayday Hospital.

Regards..


Marjorie Kohli
Waterloo, ON Canada

http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/

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