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Forden Workhouse.
« on: Tuesday 30 June 09 14:56 BST (UK) »
I'm having trouble locating this institution in the 1911 census. Can anyone tell me the name of the road/street/anything else which will assist me in finding it?. Please ........
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Re: Forden Workhouse.
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 30 June 09 15:04 BST (UK) »
Hi, Llwyd,

Have you seen this?

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/

It gives rough idea of the location, which you may be able to narrow down with a map.

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Re: Forden Workhouse.
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 30 June 09 15:25 BST (UK) »
From info on the Workhouse site , it`s now a Meditation centre  ::)
I bet the poor inmates didn`t have much time for that.

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/632311

This could be it, the position of the railway seems to match the map.
http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=52.592746&lon=-3.157235&z=17.1&r=349&src=msl
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Re: Forden Workhouse.
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 30 June 09 16:29 BST (UK) »
Thanks for assistance but I still can't find the name of the road/street where it is located, which seems to be required for searching the 1911 census.
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Re: Forden Workhouse.
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 30 June 09 20:23 BST (UK) »
 I`ve think I`ve  got it in 1911. Try this.
For street = Forden
County = Montgomeryshire.
Residential Place = Union Workhouse.
This gave the following
1 results found. You searched for: 
Address FORDEN
County Montgomeryshire
Residence UNION WORKHOUSE


Residential place
This field draws matches from a number of other search fields: address, locality name, institution name, vessel name, parish name, street name, registration sub-district name, registration district name, and registration county name.
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Re: Forden Workhouse.
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 01 July 09 19:12 BST (UK) »
Wilcoxon ......... I think I love you ...........  ;) I've looked and looked and found nothing. Hurray for you!.
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Re: Forden Workhouse.
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 02 July 09 10:42 BST (UK) »
I`ve not used it myself to find people, but if you get the whole list of the inmates then that must be good value, I`ve heard of people  spending
`loadamoney` on the wrong Jones, Davies etc.
Can you tell us if you do, then I might consider trying the Bersham Union for local interest..
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Re: Forden Workhouse.
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 02 July 09 19:30 BST (UK) »
I had five pages of persons resident in the Workhouse, but there was a charge of 10 credits per page to view the transcript, so it could prove expensive es[ecially if you want to view the originals.I only needed the first page though. Thank you once again.
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Re: Forden Workhouse.
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 05 June 10 15:40 BST (UK) »
Hi Llywd.

Did you manage to see the 1911 Census for the Forden Workhouse?

Was there a William Rees or Reese, ex printer,  on any page?

He was there in 1901. Can't find a death for him, as he was born 1844 Fishguard.

Keith Rees
Rees: innkeeper/farmer/solicitor, Haverfordwest, Wales; Menzies: innkeeper, Glen Lyon, Scotland;
Tomkins: merchants, London;  Lee:  farmers, Watford Village, Northamptonshire; Pocock, teachers, Bristol; Grace: doctors, cricketers, Gloucestershire; Day: lithographers, London; Clark:  teachers, Folkstone.
Banks: farmer/curriers/shoemakers, East Ham, Bermondsey, East End