Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    W1/767
  • Title
    Report on Cardington Poors House and its Inhabitants
  • Date free text
    10th January 1808
  • Production date
    From: 1808 To: 1808
  • Scope and Content
    The house is kept properly and cleanliness is constantly observed in it, as well as in the persons of its inhabitants. The beds, bedding, furniture, clothes & c are in tolerable supply and are kept in comfortable condition by the Matron. The inhabitants re plentifully supplied with good provisions and every attention paid them that their situation requires. Paupers in the House Ann Webb, Matron Men: William Wells, aged 84; William Urin aged 81; William Watts aged 71; George Allen aged 70; John Castle aged 69; Wililam Newman aged 68; Samuel Brown aged 61. Women: Martha Castle aged 76; Elizabeth Waterfield aged 75; Sarah Surket aged 55; Mary Moore aged 48; Eliz Bason aged 40; Eliz Case aged 39; Ann Castle aged 37. Boys: Thomas Cox aged 12; George Thorogood aged 10; Joseph Thorogood aged 8; Abraham Case aged 8; William Church aged 6; William Bason aged 6; William Case aged 3; Joseph Edwards aged 3. Girls: Eliz Case aged 11; Mary Purser aged 10; Mary Church aged 10; Charlotte Case aged 9; Line Case aged 6; Hannah Church aged 5. Total in the House: 1 Matron; 7 men; 7 women; 8 boys; 6 girls = 29 Boys & Girls from the Poors House at Service Who are provided with clothes by the parish are washed and mended in the house: William Chapel; Benjamin Cox; John Purser; John Case; John Bason; William Mills; John Newell; Ann Geary; Sarah Geary. Total = 9.
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