Old Coulsdon Workhouse
The Workhouse February 2008
Built in 1803
Opened 1804
Closed 1854 when the care of the poor was transferred to the
Croydon Union
Workhouse Masters
Dates are Approx
Wages
1804
Thomas Willis
t
o look after no more than 40 inmates
£400 per year
For any number over 40 he was to receive
4 Shillings (20p) a week per head
He also received Two Guineas (£2.10p) for every inmate that he managed to apprentice to a Master or Mistress outside the Parish
By doing this the Village was not now responsible for the person, and therefore saved money
1805
John Beal
£20 per year raised to £25 in 1806
He was also to receive the weekly earnings of the inmates work
In 1810 it was agreed that the inmates could keep three halfpence (0.6p) in the Shilling (5p) of their weekly earnings
1813
Robert Webb
Not Known
1815
William Kershaw
Not Known
1821 to 1854
William Nash
Not Known
(Total population in 1811 of Old Coulsdon was 440)
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