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Monument details

HER Number:TR 12 NW 1
Type of record:Building
Name:Former Workhouse, Mackett’s Cottages,10-16 Mill Road, Dymchurch

Summary

Former Workhouse,known as Mackett’s Cottages,10-16 Mill Road, were built in 1740, they became the village workhouse in 1791. In 1836, it was closed and the inmates were transferred to the Union Workhouse in New Romney.


Grid Reference:TR 1001 2922
Map Sheet:TR12NW
Parish:DYMCHURCH, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • (Former Type) WORKHOUSE (Post Medieval - 1781 AD to 1835 AD (between))

Full description

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Former Workhouse,known as Mackett’s Cottages,10-16 Mill Road, were built in 1740, they became the village workhouse in 1791. In 1836, it was closed and the inmates were transferred to the Union Workhouse in New Romney.


Peter Higginbotham, 2018, http://www.workhouses.org.uk (Website). SKE51754.

Kent Workhouses


© 2017 Kent Workhouses, 2018, Kent Workhouses & Poorhouses (Website). SKE51755.

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---Website: Peter Higginbotham. 2018. http://www.workhouses.org.uk.
---Website: Kent Workhouses  © 2017 Kent Workhouses. 2018. Kent Workhouses & Poorhouses.