Forest of Dean FHT Forum - Chepstow - Home for Unwed Mums to be

Chepstow - Home for Unwed Mums to be (reply)

alison2 — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:33:01 +0000

Thanks Slowhands and Wyerunner, for the info,I found the Chepstow workhouse site very interesting.

Alison

Chepstow - Home for Unwed Mums to be (reply)

wyerunner — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:10:12 +0000

1a Mounton Road was the Union Workhouse in Chepstow. Lots of illegit children born there including some of my rellies. Just where slowhands says, overlooking Somerfield. There is a home for the elderly there now and a few Social services offices still, I believe.
wyerunnner

Chepstow - Workhouse (reply)

slowhands — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:17:53 +0000

Park Lodge / 1a Mounton Rd and Regent House are roughly at the junction of Thomas St and Mounton Rd.

There is a history of nursing / small hospital / work house /social housing in this vicinity.

I would not be surprised if "1a" was an annexe to the Poor house /Work house ( Regent House is all that remains today) http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Chepstow/Chepstow.shtml

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/205666

Chepstow - Home for Unwed Mums to be

alison2 — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:19:55 +0000

Does any one know whether 1A MOUNTON ROAD in CHEPSTOW was a home, where Unmarried Mums-to-be could go to stay to give Birth, and/or give up their Babies for Adoption between 1912 - 1920?

I have 2 Birth Certificates for Illegitimate Children from 2 different places in Forest of Dean and both have the above address as Place of Birth.

Any Info would be Much Appreciated

Alison