Castletown Board of Guardians
IE CCCA/BG/59
20 Dec 1850 PLC letter stating that the new workhouse is ready for occupation.
28 Dec 1850 PLC sealed order dated 18 December 1850 ‘declaring workhouse’. In consequence, paupers and goods have been removed from the auxiliary workhouse, and relieving officers are to see to the removal of paupers from Bantry workhouse. 3 Jan 1851 ‘State of the Workhouse’ return for the week to 28 Dec 1850 records 317 inmates in the Castletown workhouse, with a further 225 inmates in ‘Temporary Buildings’, to which the word ‘Bantry’ has been added. [See BG/59/A/3 below]
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10 Jan 1851 – 1 Aug 1851
Notes below refer only to the final removal of Castletown inmates from Bantry workhouse. ‘State of the Workhouse’ returns from 15 Feb 1851 on no longer include inmates in Bantry.
Includes:
24 Jan 1851 Resolved, to accept Lord Berehaven’s offer of Cametringane house and out offices as an auxiliary workhouse for six months. Resolved, that a boat be despatched to collect the 16 inmates from Castletown union presently in Bantry workhouse. 7 Feb 1851 Resolved, that as it appears that there are still six inmates of the union in Bantry workhouse ‘notwithstanding there having been repeatedly sent for’, that the PLC be asked ‘to absolve this board from the payment of any portion of the establishment expenses of that union’. [The ‘State of the Workhouse’ return states that there are 757 inmates in the Castletown workhouse [which has accommodation for 600], 6 inmates in Bantry workhouse, 196 in the additional workhouse, and 141 in the fever sheds [which have accommodation for 50].
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8 Aug 1851 – 27 Feb 1852 5 Mar 1852 – 24 Sep 1852 1 Oct 1852 – 3 Jun 1853 10 Jun 1853 – 4 May 1854 11 May 1854 – 19 Oct 1854 26 Oct 1854 – 5 Apr 1855 12 Apr 1855 – 4 Oct 1855 11 Oct 1855 – 2 Oct 1856 9 Oct 1856 – 24 Sep 1857 1 Oct 1857 – 23 Sep 1858 30 Sep 1858 – 3 Nov 1859 10 Nov 1859 – 1 Nov 1860 8 Nov 1860 – 3 Oct 1861 10 Oct 1861 – 2 Oct 1862 9 Oct 1862 – 8 Oct 1863
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