Devizes Union: from workhouse to hospital 1836-1990 - Paperback

by Barbara Fuller (Author)

This is a detailed history of the union workhouse in Devizes, Wiltshire, and its subsequent history as St James's hospital, with details of buildings and people associated with it. It includes the setting up of the Devizes Union, the child inmates, the guardians and staff, health issues and mortality, vagrants, and the later history with reminiscences.