Harriet Helen Bentley 1960

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Member Since: December 2006 Posts: 4 031 Send Message	Mark	Report	15 Oct 2015 13:52
	I am hoping someone may be able to answer the following query. The above named lady of Weaver Hall, London Road, Northwich, Cheshire. Died July 1960. Leaving £1093 3s and 6d. My query is with this amount of money why would she be living in a place described as a workhouse. Thank you See link http://www.fowhm.org.uk/
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 12 081 Send Message	Andrew	Report	15 Oct 2015 13:56
	Workhouses as such were abolished in 1930. Could it have been a hospital (what many workhouses became) or old peoples home? Andy
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 12 081 Send Message	Andrew	Report	15 Oct 2015 14:02
	Quote from http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Northwich/ The workhouse later became Northwich Poor Law Institution and was subsequently used as an old people's home until 1964. Only the front part of the workhouse buildings now remain and are now the home of the Northwich Salt Museum. Andy
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23 482 Send Message	MargaretM	Report	15 Oct 2015 14:04
	Previous thread, same family: http://www.genesreunited.co.za/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1353506 I would agree with others that the workhouse served as a hospital.
	Researching: Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)
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Member Since: December 2006 Posts: 4 031 Send Message	Mark	Report	15 Oct 2015 14:42
	Thank you :-D