Horncastle Poor Law Union
- Horncastle parish had its own workhouse, originally built in 1735.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, some 68 Horncastle-area parishes became part of the Horncastle Poor Law Union on 16th January 1837. In April, 1838, the new Union House was completed, built of red brick, on the southeast corner of the town on Foundry Street near Union Street. It was designed to accommodate up to 200 people.
- In the 1930s, the site was converted into a children's home. Only the main building still stands.
- The Lincolnshire Archives have no Poor Law Union admission/discharge registers for this workhouse. Only the Workhouse Minutes for 1837 to 1935 have survived, along with the Building Committee minutes for 1837 to 1841.
- For more on LFHS and the Lincoln Archives have on Lincolnshire Poor Law records, see our Poorhouses page.
- For more on researching Poor Law records, see our Poor Law records list.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
13,283 |
| 1831 |
20,584 |
| 1851 |
22,089 |
| 1871 |
23,764 |
| 1891 |
20,211 |
- We have the complete 1841 Census for the workhouse, compliments of Ann Duncan.
- And Ann also gave us the complete 1851 Census for the workhouse.
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[Last updated: 14-October-2007 - Louis R. Mills]
