Monument record WKM 013 - Plomesgate Union Workhouse; Deben Court

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Summary

Plomesgate Poor Law Union Workhouse.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 304 555 (190m by 95m)
Map sheet TM35NW
Civil Parish WICKHAM MARKET, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (3)

Full Description

Plomesgate Poor Law Union Workhouse. Significant parts surviving, and now called `Deben Court'. Built 1836/37 to accommodate 400 (S2).
Includes area of 'Burial Ground' on N side and 'Independent Chapel' to W.
Historical research needed - rare survival - Listable?
For history see (S4, copy in parish file).

Documents in Parish File titled "The History of Deben Court, formerly Plomesgate Union Workhouse" by Jane Blanchflower.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <S1> Map: OS. OS Map. OS, 1:2500 map, 1904.
  • <S2> (No record type): Goult W, A Survey of Suffolk Parish History: E Suffolk, 1990.
  • <S3> (No record type): Grace F, `Poor Law Unions 1834-1930', An Historical Atlas of Suffolk, 1988, 98-9.
  • <S4> Bibliographic reference: Miss E P Cockburn. 1991. The Workhouse, Wickham Market, Suffolk, now Deben Court.

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Protected Status/Designation

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Record last edited

Sep 7 2012 10:35AM

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