Monument record SMW 002 - Shipmeadow Poultry Farm;Wangford Union Workhouse;House of Industry

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Summary

Wangford Incorporated Hundred Workhouse erected in 1765, for background information see (S1).

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 3782 8982 (266m by 348m) Centred on
Map sheet TM38NE
Civil Parish SHIPMEADOW, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

Wangford Incorporated Hundred Workhouse erected in 1765, for background information see (S1). Unlike other workhouses of this period no associated burial ground is shown on the (1927) 1:2500 map (S2). It is, however, built close to Shipmeadow Church and joined to the rectory by a footpath. There was an associated Pest House, now demolished, at TM 3767 8955 (S3). The cost of building is described by Shaw (S4).
Now used as a poultry factory.

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <R1> (No record type): `Shipmeadow Union Workhouse: Diary of an inmate (1837-1852)', PSIA, vol 24, 42.
  • <M1> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: copies (S2)(S3).
  • <S1> (No record type): Dymond D & Martin E (eds), An Historical Atlas of Suffolk, 1988, 96-97.
  • <R2> (No record type): Pritchard M F L, `Early Days of the Wangford Hundred Workhouse', PSIA, vol 30, 175.
  • <S2> Map: OS. OS Map. OS, 1:2500 map, sheet no IX.9, 1927.
  • <S3> (No record type): Shaw John, `The Finance and Construction of the East Anglian Houses of Industry', PSIA, vol 37, pt 2.
  • <R3> (No record type): Cave H, `House of Industry: Shipmeadow', Suffolk Fair, 1985, 6.
  • <S3> Map: OS. OS Map. OS, 1:2500 map, sheet no IX.13, 1927.

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Record last edited

Oct 29 1996 12:00AM

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