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- 1880-1907 (Creation)
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0.05 linear metres
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Camberwell became a Poor Law Parish on 28 October 1835, overseen by an elected Board of Guardians. In 1878 the Camberwell Board of Guardians constructed a new workhouse on Gordon Road. It was intended to house 743 able bodied inmates. Males chopped wood or broke stones; while females were employed in laundry work.
In 1930 the Gordon Road Workhouse was taken over by the London County Council and became the Camberwell Reception Centre for homeless men. The building has now been converted to flats.
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ACC/2912 1880-1907 Collection 0.05 linear metres Camberwell Board of Guardians
Gordon Road Workhouse x Camberwell Reception Centre
Camberwell became a Poor Law Parish on 28 October 1835, overseen by an elected Board of Guardians. In 1878 the Camberwell Board of Guardians constructed a new workhouse on Gordon Road. It was intended to house 743 able bodied inmates. Males chopped wood or broke stones; while females were employed in laundry work.
In 1930 the Gordon Road Workhouse was taken over by the London County Council and became the Camberwell Reception Centre for homeless men. The building has now been converted to flats.
Received in 1991 (Acc/2912).
Register of deaths at the Gordon Road Workhouse, Camberwell, 1880-1907.
One volume
Available for general access
Copyright: City of London
English
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
For other registers and minutes of the Gordon Road Workhouse see the papers of the Camberwell Board of Guardians, references CABG/123-131 and CABG/176-184.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. April to June 2009 Camberwell Board of Guardians x Camberwell Poor Law Parish Gordon Road Workhouse x Camberwell Reception Centre Population censuses Civil registration Registration of death Architecture Buildings Workhouses Camberwell London England UK Western Europe Southwark Population research Europe Demography
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Received in 1991 (Acc/2912).
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Register of deaths at the Gordon Road Workhouse, Camberwell, 1880-1907.
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One volume
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Available for general access
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Copyright: City of London
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- Latin
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English
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For other registers and minutes of the Gordon Road Workhouse see the papers of the Camberwell Board of Guardians, references CABG/123-131 and CABG/176-184.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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