Poor House deaths, 1829-40
Poor House Deaths 1829-1840: later Union Workhouse
(with two exceptions 1834 when clerk used the term ‘workhouse’ rather than poor house, there is a change of reference from Poor House to Union Workhouse ca 1837/1838. Those buried at Leigh from the Union Workhouse would have been Leigh residents)
1829 |
Thomas Head |
Poor House |
60 yrs |
1831 |
Ann Humphrey |
Poor House |
75 yrs (bur. 10 July 1831) |
1834 |
James Taylor |
Workhouse |
33 yrs (bur. 13 Feb) |
1834 |
Thomas Draper |
Workhouse |
13 yrs (bur. 1 Aug) |
1835 |
William Jenks |
Poor House |
73 yrs (bur 8 Aug) |
1835 |
Stephen Wickson |
Poor House |
79 yrs (bur. 16 Dec) |
1835 |
Jesse Murrel |
Poor House |
75 yrs (17 Nov) |
1836 |
Thomas Carrot |
Poor House |
67 yrs (2 Feb) |
1836 |
William jenner |
Poor house |
70 yrs (7 Feb) |
1836 |
Bet West |
Poor House |
? (23 Feb) |
1836 |
Mary Croucher |
Poorhouse |
15 yrs (20 Mar) |
1836 |
James David |
Poor House |
46 yrs (2 April) |
1836 |
William Read |
Poor house |
77 yrs (6 May) |
1836 |
Alice Hills |
Poor house |
88 yrs (8 June) |
1836 |
Hannah Meopham |
Poor House |
75 yrs (8 June) |
1838 |
Eliza Welfare |
Union Workhouse |
8 yrs (30 May) |
1838 |
Elizabeth Turner |
Union Workhouse |
75 yrs (bur 18 Dec) |
1839 |
Sophia Miles |
Union Workhouse |
48 yrs (bur 28 April) |
1839 |
Mary Wickham |
Union Workhouse |
79 yrs (bur 30 Apr 1839) |
1839 |
William H Miles |
Union Workhouse |
4 yrs |
1839 |
Harriet Brattle |
Union Workhouse |
9 yrs (bur 12 Oct 1839) |
1839 |
Harriet Ashdown |
Union Workhouse |
19 yrs (bur. 18 Oct 1839) |
1839 |
Thomas Welfare |
Union Workhouse |
7 yrs (bur. 1 Nov 1839) |
1840 |
Charlotte Ashdown |
Union Workhouse |
1 yr (bur. 19 Jan) |
1840 |
James West |
Union Workhouse |
13 Yrs (bur. 23 Feb) |
1840 |
Jane Latter |
Union Workhouse |
60 yrs (bur. 24 May) |
1840 |
Thomas Sheppard |
Union Workhouse |
? 42yrs (bur 2 Sept) |
1837 |
William Dingon (? Illeg) |
Lunatic Asylum Barming |
aged 85 (22 Jan bur. Leigh) |
Others of interest:
Sarah Humphrey 74 Leigh bur. 8 Aug 1835
William Humphrey 68 yrs Leigh bur 8 Aug 1838
James Humphrey 9 mths Ton Par. (bur. 15 Sept)
(information from Leigh Parish Registers held at Kent Archives, Maidstone)