Ampthill Workhouse

[Annielizz]

Hello
I'm hoping someone will know where people who died in Ampthill Workhouse would have been buried.  An ancestor died there in 1855 aged 33 - I know that he died of kidney failure and left a wife and two young sons. 
Yesterday evening, I watched a programme about workhouses on tv and they said that the bodies of those who died were given for medical research, which seems awful.  I would like to know if this happened or if he was buried, but as I live in Kent I don't know where to start looking!
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Annie
 

[Patoboy]

I believe the family were given 48 hours to collect the deceased or the Master of the workhouse could send the body to the medical school, but the must have been buried afterwards, in some cases, although not proven, some bodily parts ended up in the local river.

Pat.

[sallyyorks]

I think there would have  been communal burial grounds , many unmarked . There is one near where i live (according to locals) . It's  just a field  and looks like it always was.
 There is a "workhouse burial ground"  under Manchester Victoria train station , so i am guessing many in towns/urban areas will have been built over by now.
There is a good website www.workhouses.org.uk , that might have some info (Ampthill is on there,  it looks to have a Chapel next to it on an old map)

[bedfordshire boy]

What was his name?

[Annielizz]

His name was Thomas Young - he was born on 10.11.1822, his father was John Young, he died in 1855.  He had been a brick maker before becoming ill.

Thank you to everyone for your replies and for your help with this, I do appreciate it.

Annie

[bedfordshire boy]

The free burial index at www.findmypast.com shows he was buried at Maulden

[Annielizz]

That's wonderful, thank you Bedfordshire Boy.
I shall investigate the burial index!

Annie

[clayton bradley]

The subject caught my eye as I recently started looking at my aunt's family tree. She is very much a Lancashire person, so I was surprised to find her mother's family originated elsewhere. The master of Ampthill workhouse in 1841 was George Robinson, born in Scarborough about 1794. He was my aunt's 3xggfather and, having read about the riots on the recommended site (thanks for the link) I think he must have had a difficult job. I have been wondering why he moved from Scarborough to Ampthill. claytonbradley

[johnP-bedford]

Hello; Thomas Young was buried Maulden on 8th May 1855 age 32, his abode was Ampthill Workhouse. There are other burials at Maulden where the abode is Ampthill Workhouse or Ampthill Union House.

regards john