Tenterden Union Workhouse

The Union Workhouse at was designed by architect James Savage and constructed in 1843 on a site to the west of the town in Plummer Lane. Tenterden Poor Law Union comprised eleven constituent parishes: Appledore, , , , , Old Ebony, , Stone-Next-Tenterden, Tenterden, and Woodchurch. The site of the now-demolished workhouse is occupied by the NHS West View hospital, which is managed by the Eastern and Coastal Primary Care Trust and provides nursing care for the elderly.

Census 2 April 1871

RG 10/934 f p Name Last Name Relation Condition Gender Age DoB Occupation Where Born Disabilities

28 2 Stephen M. Copland Head Married Male 54 1816 Master of Workhouse Kent, Greenwich 28 2 Harriet Copland Wife Married Female 52 1818 Matron of Workhouse Kent, Tenterden 28 2 Charles Bourne Officer Unmarried Male 28 1842 Schoolmaster Sussex, Hailsham 28 2 Louisa A. Harris Officer Unmarried Female 20 1850 Schoolmistress Leicestershire, Leicester 28 2 Mary Gray Officer Widow Female 61 1809 Nurse Scotland, N. K. 28 2 Jane Bridger Officer Unmarried Female 30 1840 Cook Kent, Tenterden 28 2 William Ricord Officer Married Male 46 1824 Engine Driver Kent, Biddenden 28 2 Mercy Reynolds Inmate Female 12 1858 Pauper - Scholar Kent, Tenterden 28 2 Susan Vinchall Inmate Widow Female 89 1781 Pauper Suffolk, Bybury Blind 28 2 Frances Fuggle Inmate Female 14 1856 Pauper - Scholar N. K. 28 2 Mary Bishop Inmate Unmarried Female 44 1826 Pauper Kent, Tenterden Imbecile from Birth 28 2 Mary Ann Herbert Inmate Female 25 1845 Pauper - Formerly Domestic Servant Middlesex, Willesden 28 2 Joseph Herbert Inmate Male 3 1867 Pauper - Scholar Sussex, Wadhurst 28 2 Maud M. A. Herbert Inmate Female 2 1868 Kent, Tenterden 28 2 Edward Watson Inmate Male 5 1865 Pauper - Scholar Kent, Tenterden 28 2 George Watson Inmate Male 4 1866 Kent, Tenterden 28 2 George Heath Inmate Unmarried Male 64 1806 Agricultural Labourer Kent, 29 3 George Heath Inmate Unmarried Male 21 1849 Pauper Kent, Maidstone 29 3 Harriet Heath Inmate Unmarried Female 16 1854 Pauper - Formerly Domestic Servant Kent, Tenterden 29 3 John Laines Inmate Widower Male 66 1804 Pauper - Formerly Clerk Kent, Tenterden 29 3 John Body Inmate Unmarried Male 56 1814 Pauper - Formerly Agricultural Labourer Kent, Biddenden 29 3 Matilda Wenbourne Inmate Unmarried Female 17 1853 Pauper Kent, Tenterden Imbecile 29 3 Ann Page Inmate Unmarried Female 47 1823 Pauper - Domestic Servant Kent, Tenterden 29 3 Frederick Page Inmate Male 8 1862 Pauper - Scholar Kent, Tenterden 29 3 Edward Avery Inmate Unmarried Male 46 1824 Pauper - Labourer Kent, Tenterden 29 3 Edward Shilling Inmate Unmarried Male 16 1854 Pauper - Agricultural Labourer Kent, Tenterden 29 3 William Crossman Inmate Married Male 47 1823 Pauper - Labourer Kent, Tenterden f p Name Last Name Relation Condition Gender Age DoB Occupation Where Born Disabilities

29 3 Stephen Barham Inmate Widower Male 65 1805 Pauper - Butcher Kent, Tenterden 29 3 Richard Willis Inmate Unmarried Male 49 1821 Pauper - Ostler Kent, Canterbury 29 3 Mary Ann Apps Inmate Unmarried Female 23 1847 Pauper Kent, Appledore Imbecile 29 3 Thomas Mackender Inmate Unmarried Male 70 1800 Pauper Kent, Biddenden Imbecile - About 70 29 3 Mary Ann Horton Inmate Unmarried Female 17 1853 Pauper Kent, Biddenden 29 3 Richard Gilbert Inmate Male 11 1859 Pauper - Scholar N. K. 29 3 Eliza Davis Inmate Unmarried Female 67 1803 Pauper - Housekeeper Kent, Biddenden 29 3 Henry Hayward Inmate Male 10 1860 Pauper - Scholar Kent, Egerton 29 3 Robert W. Wickens Inmate Male 8 1862 Pauper - Scholar N. K. 29 3 Sarah A. Wickens Inmate Female 5 1865 Pauper - Scholar N. K. 29 3 Charles Wickens Inmate Male 3 1867 Pauper - Scholar N. K. 29 3 Susan J. B. Smith Inmate Unmarried Female 26 1844 Pauper - Formerly Domestic Servant Kent, Biddenden 29 3 Alfred B. Smith Inmate Male 3 1867 Pauper - Scholar Kent, Tenterden 29 3 Norah B. Smith Inmate Female 7m 1870 Kent, Tenterden 29 4 William Chambers Inmate Widower Male 73 1797 Pauper - Bricklayer Kent, 29 4 George Allen Inmate Widower Male 51 1819 Pauper - Miller Kent, 29 4 John Brunger Inmate Widower Male 37 1833 Pauper - Farm Labourer Kent, Biddenden 29 4 Edward Tyrrell Inmate Married Male 29 1841 Pauper - Farm Labourer Kent, Biddenden 29 4 Emma Tyrrell Inmate Married Female 24 1846 Pauper Kent, Biddenden 29 4 Edward Tyrrell Inmate Male 1 1869 Pauper Kent, Biddenden 29 4 Stephen Ballard Inmate Widower Male 73 1797 Pauper - Farm Labourer Kent, Tenterden 29 4 Frederic Boorman Inmate Unmarried Male 16 1854 Pauper - Farm Labourer Kent, Kenardington 29 4 Thomas Boorman Inmate Male 13 1857 Pauper - Scholar Kent, Kenardington 29 4 John Sharpey Inmate Widower Male 77 1793 Pauper - Coachman Kent, Tenterden 29 4 Ann Chexfield Inmate Unmarried Female 36 1834 Pauper - Charwoman Kent, Rolvenden 29 4 Albert Chexfield Inmate Male 5 1865 Pauper - Scholar Kent, Tenterden 29 4 George Chexfield Inmate Male 2 1868 Kent, Tenterden 29 4 George Whybourne Inmate Widower Male 43 1827 Pauper - Labourer Kent, Rolvenden 29 4 George Whybourne Inmate Male 8 1862 Pauper - Scholar Kent, Lympne 29 4 Charles Whybourne Inmate Male 6 1864 Pauper - Scholar Kent, Lympne 29 4 Colwin Whybourne Inmate Male 4 1866 Pauper - Scholar Kent, Lympne 29 4 George Moon Inmate Unmarried Male 60 1810 Pauper - Farm Labourer Kent, Rolvenden 29 4 Edward Tickner Inmate Unmarried Male 30 1840 Pauper - Mill Sinker ? Kent, Rolvenden Blind 29 4 Eliza Wenham Inmate Unmarried Female 15 1855 Pauper - Scholar , Kennington 29 4 John Holdstock Inmate Unmarried Male 71 1799 Pauper - Farm Labourer Kent, Wittersham 29 4 Jane Golden Inmate Unmarried Female 50 1820 Pauper Kent, Wittersham Imbecile 29 4 Stephen Addy Inmate Unmarried Male 50 1820 Pauper - Ostler Kent, Wittersham f p Name Last Name Relation Condition Gender Age DoB Occupation Where Born Disabilities

29 4 Mary Glover Inmate Unmarried Female 55 1815 Pauper Kent, Folkestone Imbecile 30 5 Henry Addy Inmate Unmarried Male 15 1855 Pauper - Scholar N. K. 30 5 John Morley Inmate Unmarried Male 70 1800 Pauper - Labourer Sussex, Rye 30 5 George Dengate Inmate Unmarried Male 63 1807 Pauper - Labourer Kent, Wittersham 30 5 Charles Fullagar Inmate Unmarried Male 14 1856 Pauper - Scholar Kent, Woodchurch 30 5 Elizabeth Fullagar Inmate Unmarried Female 12 1858 Pauper - Scholar Kent, Woodchurch 30 5 Charles Dence Inmate Unmarried Male 15 1855 Pauper - Scholar Kent, Woodchurch Cripple 30 5 Ann Bridger Inmate Unmarried Female 34 1836 Pauper Kent, Woodchurch Imbecile 30 5 Frederic C. Bridger Inmate Unmarried Male 17 1853 Pauper - Scholar Kent, Tenterden 30 5 Harriet Iden Inmate Married Female 55 1815 Pauper - Factory Worker Lancashire, Preston Blind 30 5 Frederic Iden Inmate Unmarried Male 16 1854 Pauper - Scholar Lancashire, Manchester 30 5 Charles Boorman Inmate Unmarried Male 17 1853 Pauper Kent, Woodchurch 30 5 James Jarvis Inmate Married Male 56 1814 Pauper - Farmer Sussex, Rotherfield Blind 30 5 Stephen Colt Inmate Male 12 1858 Pauper - Scholar Kent, Appledore 30 5 George Colt Inmate Male 6 1864 Pauper - Scholar Kent, Appledore 30 5 Charlotte Russell Inmate Unmarried Female 22 1848 Pauper - Formerly Domestic Servant Kent, [High] Halden 30 5 Mary J. Russell Inmate Female 5m 1870 Pauper Kent, Tenterden 30 5 Jane Samson Inmate Unmarried Female 32 1838 Pauper - Formerly Domestic Servant Kent, Woodchurch 30 5 Adaline Samson Inmate Female 7 1863 Pauper - Scholar Kent, Tenterden 30 5 Susan Samson Inmate Female 3 1867 Pauper - Scholar Kent, Tenterden 30 5 Joseph King Inmate Married Male 41 1829 Pauper - Labourer Kent, Woodchurch 30 5 Henry King Inmate Male 9 1861 Pauper - Scholar St. Mary's, Walworth, Surrey Cripple 30 5 Amelia King Female 13 1857 Pauper - Scholar St. Mary's, Walworth, Surrey 30 5 Susan King Female 9 1861 Pauper - Scholar St. Mary's, Walworth, Surrey 30 5 Albert King Male 4 1866 Pauper - Scholar St. Mary's, Walworth, Surrey 30 6 Mary Boorman Inmate Unmarried Female 41 1829 Pauper - Charwoman Kent, Woodchurch 30 6 Elizabeth Boorman Inmate Female 7 1863 Pauper - Scholar Kent, Woodchurch 30 6 Alice Boorman Inmate Female 4 1866 Pauper - Scholar Kent, Tenterden 30 6 Jane Holyer Inmate Unmarried Female 19 1851 Pauper - Formerly Domestic Servant Kent, Woodchurch 30 6 John Marshall Inmate Unmarried Male 69 1801 Pauper - Farm Labourer Kent, New Romney 30 6 William King Inmate Unmarried Male 13 1857 Pauper - Scholar St. Mary's, Walworth, Surrey 30 6 John Williams Inmate Unmarried Male 23 1847 Vagrant Kent, [High] Halden 30 6 George Marten Inmate Unmarried Male 46 1824 Vagrant Shrewsbury, Salop

Transcription by Bob Chown. Design and additional material by Gary Samson. © 2008 Woodchurch Ancestry Group (www.woodchurchancestry.org.uk)