Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| Whitehaven Union Workhouse, Whitehaven | ||
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| Whitehaven Union Workhouse | ||
| civil parish:- | Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | workhouse | |
| coordinates:- | NX97501628 (about) | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9716 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX91 | |
| references:- | OS County Series |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 67 6) placename:- Whitehaven Union Workhouse |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag placename:- Whitehaven Town Gaol |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto sourceGentleman's Magazine 1806 p.102 "Mr. Nield's Remarks on Cumberland &c. Gaols." "..." "WHITEHAVEN TOWN GAOL, is part of the workhouse, and consists of a dungeon where prisoners are confined for a night." |
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