WE ARE DELIGHTED TO MAKE AVAILABLE THE FOLLOWING PUBLICATION CD ROM ENTITLED ADULT PAUPERS IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE & HUNTINGDONSHIRE WORKHOUSES FOR A CONSECUTIVE PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS OR MORE PUBLISHED 1861 CUSTOMER ADVISORY PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PUBLICATION IN IT'S ORIGINAL FORM COVERED THE WHOLE OF ENGLAND & WALES THIS IS A VERY SCARCE GOVERNMENT PAPER WHICH COST US A FAIR AMOUNT OF MONEY. SO WE HAD TO CONSIDER HOW WE COULD JUSTIFY IT'S PURCHASE & AT THE SAME TIME MAKE IT VERY AFFORDABLE TO GENEALOGISTS. WE TOOK THE DECISION TO SPLIT THE PAPER UP & SCAN IT BY COUNTY HOWEVER IN DOING SO IT MEANT THAT SOME COUNTIES ONLY CONTAINED A SMALL AMOUNT OF PAGES AS A RESULT. SO IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THIS & COUNTER BALANCE IT WE HAVE ADDED A BONUS PUBLICATION ONTO THE CD ENTITLED MASTER & MATRON OF THE WORKHOUSE WHICH GIVES A TREMENDOUS ACCOUNT OF THE DUTIES THEY PERFORMED & OFFERS A TRULY REMARKABLE INSIGHT INTO WHAT LIFE WAS REALLY LIKE FOR THOSE IN THE WORKHOUSE! IF THE MAN OR WOMAN WAS IN THE WORKHOUSE FOR A PERIOD OF MORE THAN FIVE YEARS THIS WOULD BE STATED. IN SOME CASES CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WERE IN THERE FOR THIRTY YEARS OR MORE! THE REPORT IS A PULL NO PUNCHES WARTS AN ALL STATEMENT ON WHY EACH PERSON HAD BEEN IN THE WORKHOUSE FOR A SUCH A PERIOD. INSTANCES INCLUDED REASONS SUCH AS IDIOT, BLIND, INFIRM, WEAK INTELLECT, DUMB, LOST LIMB, WITH BASTARD CHILD AND MANY MORE ! LIST OF WORKHOUSES COVERED CAMBRIDGE CAXTON & ARRINGTON CHESTERTON ELY LINTON NEWMARKET NORTH WITCHFORD WHITTLESEY WISBECH ST IVES ST NEOTS |