The Amesbury Union Workhouse
This is a short article I wrote for the Amesbury Society using material extracted from my book, Reverend Duke and the Amesbury Oliver. It consists of some of the evidence presented to the four-day enquiry in 1844 into various charges preferred by Mr Duke, one of the workhouse guardians, against Charles Ralfs, the master of the workhouse.
Evidence was presented as to the character and behaviour of the master and his wife, and demonstrated that whereas some workhouses could be very unpleasant places, at Amesbury there was a union workhouse that provided a refuge of sympathy, even comfort, to the old, young, destitute, and infirm.
Click below to download the article, © Peter Maggs and the Amesbury Society 2021
This is a short article I wrote for the Amesbury Society using material extracted from my book, Reverend Duke and the Amesbury Oliver. It consists of some of the evidence presented to the four-day enquiry in 1844 into various charges preferred by Mr Duke, one of the workhouse guardians, against Charles Ralfs, the master of the workhouse.
Evidence was presented as to the character and behaviour of the master and his wife, and demonstrated that whereas some workhouses could be very unpleasant places, at Amesbury there was a union workhouse that provided a refuge of sympathy, even comfort, to the old, young, destitute, and infirm.
Click below to download the article, © Peter Maggs and the Amesbury Society 2021
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