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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Rutland => Topic started by: KSPENCER1 on Tuesday 05 January 10 17:35 GMT (UK)
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Could anyone please give me any information on the Lords Hold in Oakham and what it was used for in the late 1800's I believe a relative of mine died there as was classed as an inmate
many thank
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The Oakham Lordshold was a workhouse in Ashwell Road, Oakham, Rutland.
If your look it up http://users.ox.uk/~peter/workhouse/
you can see a copy of the1881 census for the residents.
Regards Amber39
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Thanks for that,, do you know if there are any records of the inmates during the 1890's
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Have you looked at the 1891 Census ? the inmates are all listed.
The ref. is RG12/2548 Folio 49 there are several pages.
Regards Amber39
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AGAIN THANK YOU
Do you know of a site were i can just put in the RG ref number to view the 1891 cencus for the Lords hold
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Just to make the point (rather late in the day!) that Oakham Lordshold was one of the two manors of Oakham and included the Castle and much of the town, the other manor being Deanshold (belonging to the Abbey of Westminster). The Oakham workhouse happens to be in Lordshold: it is not itself 'Lordshold'! Consult the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland for relevant archives.
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Not wishing to resurrect an old thread but I would like clarity if someone reads this.
I collect war medals and have a Boer War pair to a William Harold Agar. According to various documents I have he was, in the 1891 England census, at Oakham School in Oakham Lord Holds - now this last I have learned from previous posts in this thread, seems to have been a workhouse for the poor.
Were the workhouse and the school the same place?
Regards
Rory
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In answer to your query, Oakham School is part of the foundation set up by Robert Johnson in 1584, and is still very much active. If W H Agar is shown in the 1891 Census as at Oakham School then he would have been either a boy at the school or a member of staff. It should be possible to check this by contacting the school direct at archivesuser@oakham.rutland.sch.uk. I'm sure they would be interested to hear of the medals too.
Oakham Workhouse was built in 1836-7 and would still have been fulfilling this function in 1891, but had no connection with the school at that time. It remained a workhouse until becoming a hospital in the mid-20th century. When it was eventually closed, Oakham School then bought the buildings and it is now part of the school.
The workhouse grandfather clock which was bought by the Board of Guardians of the Oakham Union in 1836 is now in the Rutland County Museum in Oakham ( see Rutland Record 2 (1981) 82-3 at http://www.rutlandhistory.org/rutlandrecord/rr02.pdf - access is free).
Regards
Editor, Rutland Local History & Record Society