Workhouse - Chepstow - ( unwed mothers) Prior thread (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Saturday, November 15, 2008, 10:43 (5924 days ago) @ dillydream

http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?mode=thread&id=14600#p14617

In 1836 Lydney and Aylburton were included in the Chepstow poor- law union. (fn. 21) In 1867 a Lydney highway board was established covering all the Gloucestershire parishes in the union except St. Briavels, (fn. 22) and in 1894 the Gloucestershire parishes of the union were formed into the Lydney rural district.

From: 'Lydney', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5: Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, The Forest of Dean (1996), pp. 46-84. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23251. Date accessed: 15 November 2008.

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