If you want to find out more about workhouses and the Poor Laws in general, we recommend the following sites:
The Rossbret Workhouse Homepage - Covers all aspects of the Poor Law, along with details and photographs of the UK's Union Workhouses. They also have a mailing list.
Peter Higginbotham's Workhouse Site - Covers all aspects of the Workhouse, with maps of the various unions.
Medway Council's Cityark Entries on the Local Workhouses - This page gives an introduction to the local workhouses, as well as details of the records they have and how to view them.
The BBC History Site - The BBC's "Century Road" series featured Century Road, Rainham, Kent. One of the residents interviewed had spent some time in Chatham Workhouse, and part of the interview with him is in this part of their website.
Records of the workhouse and its inmates are held at the Medway Studies Centre, whose contact details are as follows:
Medway Studies Centre
Civic Centre
Strood
Kent
United Kingdom
ME2 4AU
Tel: +44 (0)1634 332 714
Fax: +44 (0)1634 297 060
e-mail: local.studies@medway.gov.uk or archives@medway.gov.uk
Their opening hours are:
| Monday: | 9am - 5pm |
| Tuesday: | 9am - 6pm |
| Wednesday: | Closed |
| Thursday: | 9am - 5pm |
| Friday: | 9am - 5pm |
| Saturday: | 9am - 1pm on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month. |
There may well be more details on the local council's website.
The local register office for births, marriages and deaths is in Chatham. The contact details are:
Chatham District Register Office
Ingleside
114 Maidstone Road
Chatham
Kent
United Kingdom
ME4 6DJ
Tel: +44 (0)1634 844073 (0930 - 1600 GMT/BST)
Fax: +44 (0)1634 840165
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