NEW Glamorgan Wales, Workhouse Registers 1850-1920 - Ancestry NEW
Uploaded on 23 August these include a wealth of information not just related to the Workhouse as the collection comprises a series of documents listing both outdoor and indoor relief given to paupers, information about children admitted to the industrial schools together with correspondence received from relatives and former inmates asking for information. These latter requests can provide information about inmates where their names have changed.
Organised by Poor Law Union the Glamorgan Workhouse collection also includes printed lists of paupers receiving outdoor relief from the Poor Law Unions in the east of the County in Cardiff, Merthyr Tydil, Bridgend and Pontypridd. Swansea area records were uploaded a while ago - see links below.
A useful finding aid for further records as they provide a point in time when a pauper received relief.
They also offer a window into conditions in South Wales during the Victorian period and the early years of the 20th century and illustrate how relief was provided before the advent of the Welfare State. They are a fascinating series of records - have a browse!! The Swansea Collection also includes Punishment Books.
Ancestry - Glamorgan Workhouse Records
Swansea and Surrounding Area Poor Law Records
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