Purton Union Workhouse Stamp

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

Name/Title

Purton Union Workhouse Stamp

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.93

Description

Purton Union Workhouse Stamp

Context

ThePurton workhouse, built for Cricklade and Wootton Bassett Union in 1837, was a modest, low-cost building based on one of several off the peg 'models' of workhouse provided by the central Poor Law Authority

Cataloged By

Colin Whittle

Category

Workhouse and Poor Law items

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Location

* Untyped Location

C2S3