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DERBY, St Werburgh, Derbyshire

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Impending legislation in 1834 to set up Unions of Workhouses across the country prompted local committees to enquire how the existing (1833) system was run so that they could amalgamate the best ideas from existing experienced administrators. A Copy of the Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Workhouse in the Parish of St Werburgh's, Derby together with an accompanying letter to explain the reasoning behind them, was sent by John Moody, Vestry Clerk of St Werburgh's Parish, to Mr Strutt, the owner of Belper Mill as part of this exercise. Both are preserved within The Strutt Papers (01/), at Manchester Archives and Local Studies, Manchester Central Library, along with a letter from G. T. Taylor, an Overseer, relating to the state of Stoke on Trent Workhouse. Here is an Overview of this Workhouse Correspondence.
  Transcriptions of Rules and Correspondence is by Caroline Densham.

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