Work house

[odbsmith]

Has anyone any experience of 1930 work house records Cambridgeshire. Looking for  1933 to 1936.

[BumbleB]

Try Cambridge Records Office

https://calm.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/CalmView/Overview.aspx

[odbsmith]

Thanks BumbleB, i've already looked but I dont know Cambridgeshire, I dont know which work house (if theres more than one) and I working in the dark.

[BumbleB]

Have a go at this website as well, to see if there are any clues there.  You haven't indicated a location for your queries, other than Cambridgeshire.

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/addresses/m.shtml

[odbsmith]

Thanks I will try.... most info I have points to Cambridge but could incorrect.

[Bookbox]

There were no workhouses in the 1930s. They were abolished under the Local Government Act of 1929 and became Public Assistance Institutions, so you will need to use those keywords when searching.

[carol8353]

The workhouse query is linked to this thread,if more info is required.

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=812566.msg6730915#msg6730915

[odbsmith]

Thank you Bookbox

[CarolA3]

Where I grew up, many people called the local hospital 'the workhouse' which is what it used to be.
 
According to the website BumbleB mentioned, the Cambridge workhouse became the Cambridge Infirmary in 1930 so I can believe that the locals would still think of it as 'the workhouse' for some years after the change.

Carol