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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Essex => Topic started by: micwood on Sunday 09 November 14 16:31 GMT (UK)
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Hello
I am trying to trace my dad and aunt (twins) born Jan 1917 in Chelsea workhouse I have found they were transferred to the Romford Union on 26 Feb 1917 along with their mother and 4 year old brother, is it possible to find a register or even which of the houses they went to in the Romford Union as there appears to be a number of houses, any pointers would be helpful.
Micwood
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Hi,
Here's a link to information about Romford Union Workhouse:
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Romford/
Few records survive but those that do are at Essex RO.
Nanny Jan
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Hi Nanny Jan
Thank you, I have been in touch with Essex Record Office, Chelmsford and they tell me they do have some records of that time but only minutes which I don't think will be very helpful in finding where my relatives were placed when transferred from the Chelsea Workhouse, I may well pay them a visit and sift through some of the records around that time frame and see if there are any leads.
Micwood
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London Metropolitan Archives have records for Chelsea Workhouse, which might prove useful?
Holdings for Chelsea include: Admissions and discharges (1872-1930); Creed registers (181914-27); Bastardy orders (1873-77); Registers of deserted women and children (1882-98); Guardians' minute books (1841-1930); etc.
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Apart from a few buildings ( that had preservation orders on so couldn't be demolished ) the main Romford workhouse which became Oldchurch hospital , has been demolished and new houses/ flats have been built on the site , building work is still in progress